Cancer sourcebook for women
Cancer sourcebook for women: basic information about specific forms of cancer that affect women, featuring facts about breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, cancer of the uterus and uterine sarcoma, cancer of the vagina, and cancer of the vulva; statistical and demographic data; treatments, self-help management suggestions, and current research initiatives
edited by Alan R. Cook and Peter D. Dresser
Publisher: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c1996.
ISBN: 0780800761
DDC: 616.9940082
LCC: RC280
Edition: (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Cancer Today -- Ch. 1. Women and Cancer -- Ch. 2.
Breast Cancer -- Ch. 3. Early Stage Breast Cancer -- Ch. 4.
Inflammatory Breast Cancer -- Ch. 5. Cancer of the Cervix -- Ch. 6.
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer -- Ch. 7. Ovarian Germ Cell Cancer -- Ch.
8. Cancer of the Uterus -- Ch. 9. Uterine Sarcoma -- Ch. 10.
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor -- Ch. 11. Vaginal Cancer -- Ch. 12.
Vulvar Cancer -- Ch. 13. Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Breast
Cancer -- Ch. 14. Progress Against Breast Cancer -- Ch. 15. Breast
Cancer: Understanding Treatment Options -- Ch. 16. Questions and
Answers About Breast Lumps -- Ch. 17. Breast Biopsy: What You Should
Know -- Ch. 18. Mastectomy: A Treatment for Breast Cancer -- Ch. 19.
Breast Reconstruction: A Matter of Choice -- Ch. 20. Survival
Following Breast-Sparing Surgery Versus Mastectomy -- Ch. 21. Breast
Implants -- Ch. 22. Breast Reconstruction Trials Using Saline-Filled
Implants -- Ch. 23. Radiation Therapy: A Treatment for Early Stage
Breast Cancer -- Ch. 24. Adjuvant Therapy: Facts For Women With
Breast Cancer -- Ch. 25. Delivering Cancer Fighting Drugs -- Ch. 26.
"The Queen of Neurosis": Gilda Radner's Experience With Ovarian
Cancer -- Ch. 27. When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer -- Ch.
28. Cosmetic Help for Cancer Patients -- Ch. 29. Ovarian Cancer:
Screening, Treatment, and Follow-up -- Ch. 30. Implementation of the
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act -- Ch. 31.
Results from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Program -- Ch. 32. Preventive Mastectomy -- Ch. 33. Mammogram
Facilities Must Meet Quality Standards -- Ch. 34. Chances Are you
Need a Mammogram: A Guide for Mid-life and Older Women -- Ch. 35.
Screening as Cancer Prevention -- Ch. 36. Cancer Programs Make Good
Business Sense -- Ch. 37. Establishing Workplace Cancer Screening
Programs -- Ch. 38. The Papanicolaou Test: Routine Cancer Detection
with the Pap Smear -- Ch. 39. Breast Cancer and Low-Fat Diets -- Ch.
40. Life-time Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women -- Ch.
41. Research to Improve Methods of Breast Cancer Detection -- Ch. 42.
Reducing the Risk of Mammography -- Ch. 43. Oral Contraceptives and
Breast Cancer -- Ch. 44. Abortion and Possible Risk for Breast Cancer
-- Ch. 45. Fertility Drugs As a Risk for Ovarian Cancer -- Ch. 46.
Personal Use of Hair Coloring Products and Risk of Cancer -- Ch. 47.
Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer Risk -- Ch. 48.
Inheritance of Proliferative Breast Disease in Families with Breast
Cancer -- Ch. 49. Scientists Nab Breast Cancer Gene -- Ch. 50.
Glossary of Common Medical Terms.
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