Pain, love, courage
Dr. George Beauregard’s book,?Reservations for Nine: A Doctor's Family Confronts Cancer,
Is timed to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The foreward ?is by NBC News Today Show anchor Craig Melvin, who lost his own brother to early-onset colorectal cancer.?
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Many books have been written about cancer – be it about a patient undergoing treatment, ?a loved one dealing with a family member's diagnosis, a doctor treating a patient, or a cancer researcher looking to change the trajectory of those diagnosed and treated.?
This book is unique. Dr. Beauregard is the father of Patrick Beauregard, a U.S. Marine diagnosed at 29 with stage 4 colorectal cancer. He had been in the prime of his life, healthy and just married, but he lost his battle against the disease at 32. His ?father, a New Englander who himself is a early-onset cancer survivor, ?is a primary-care physician who treated patients for two decades and now works on the administrative side of health care.?
This book is part memoir and part tribute. It includes powerfully emotional journal entries from Patrick and ?unforgettably ?narrates the struggle of Patrick’s large and close family during his illness. ?It also includes much information about cancer treatments, current and potential, and informs us about exciting ongoing research. Reservations for Nine aims to educate the public about the alarming rise in early -onset cancers, ?provides a roadmap for loved ones going through a cancer battle in their own families, and is a call to action to the medical community to get ahead of the dangerous rise in early-onset cancers so that many ?more families don’t have to endure what happened to the Beauregard family.
Patrick Beauregard, while undergoing years of grueling treatment, became a national spokesperson dedicated to awareness of young-onset cancer, appearing nationally on?NBC's TODAY with Craig Melvin in March of 2020, just months before he succumbed to his cancer.?
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