Cancer Sourcebook for Women
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780780802261
Subjects: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Gynaecology & obstetrics; Surgical oncology; Women's health; Popular works; General; Breast Cancer; Gynecologic Cancer; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; Generative organs, Female; Diseases - Cancer; Cancer in women; Reference
Table of contents: title: Breast cancer. Understanding breast cancer -- Screening for breast cancer -- Prevention of breast cancer -- Breast cancer : better treatments save more lives -- Cervical cancer. Cancer of the cervix  -- Cervical cancer and older women -- Prevention of cervical cancer -- Factors that affect your risk of developing cervical cancer -- Screening for cervical cancer -- Treatment of cervical cancer -- Endometrial cancer. Understanding endometrial cancer -- Prevention of endometrial cancer -- Factors that affect your risk of developing endometrial cancer -- Treatment of endometrial cancer -- Ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer : an overview -- Factors that affect your risk of developing ovarian cancer -- Do infertility drugs increase the risk of ovarian cancer? -- Accuracy of screenings for ovarian cancer is still inconsistent -- Treating ovarian epithelial cancer -- Treating ovarian low malignant potential tumor -- New treatment approach to ovarian cancer offers promise -- Fertility sparing surgery an option for some ovarian cancer patients -- New treatments in the pipeline for ovarian cancer -- Other gynecologic cancers and related concerns. Gestational trophoblastic tumor -- Cancer of the uterus -- Uterine sarcoma -- Vaginal cancer -- Vulvar cancer -- Questions and answers about metastatic cancer -- Hodgkin's Disease and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma during pregnancy -- Non-cancerous gynecologic conditions -- Uterine fibroids -- Facts about endometriosis -- Ovarian cysts -- Cervical Dysplasia and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) -- Cancer screening and prevention. What you need to know about the Pap examination -- New devices aim at improving Pap test accuracy -- Pap smears : when yours is slightly abnormal -- HPV testing shows which Pap abnormalities need attention -- Testing for tumor markers in women -- The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program -- Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and cancer risk -- Oral contraceptives and cancer risk -- Menopausal hormone replacement therapy : evaluating cancer risks -- Questions and answers about Diethylstilbestrol (DES) -- Stress and cancer risk -- Treatment options. Chemotherapy -- Radiation therapy -- Lasers in cancer treatment -- Cryosurgery in cancer treatment -- Taxanes in cancer treatment -- Questions and answers about tamoxifen -- Considering complementary and alternative therapies -- Recent research and clinical trials. The women's health initiative -- Taking part in clinical trials -- Atypical squamous cells of undetermined Significance (ASCUS) / low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) triage study -- Angiogenesis inhibitors as a possible cancer treatment -- Researching biological therapies -- The study of estrogen replacement therapy -- Tamoxifen and the breast cancer prevention trial -- The study of Tamoxifen and Reloxifene (STAR) -- Coping strategies. Home care for cancer patients -- When mom has cancer : helping children  understand -- Nutrition during cancer treatment -- Cancer fatigue -- Cancer patients and depression -- Managing cancer pain -- Cancer treatment and vaginal discomfort during intercourse -- Quality of life and sexuality during cancer treatment -- Questions about fertility after cancer -- Additional help and information. Glossary of gynecologic and cancer terms -- Understanding the Family and medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Resources for women with cancer.