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245 00 $aCancer sourcebook for women :$bbasic consumer health information about gynecologic cancers and other cancers of special concern to women, including cancers of the breast, cervix, colon, lung, ovaries, thyroid, and uterus ; along with facts about benign conditions of the female reproductive system, cancer risk factors, screening and prevention programs, women's issues in cancer treatment and survivorship, research initiatives, a glossary of cancer terms, and a directory or resources for additional help and information /$cedited by Karen Bellenir.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aDetroit, MI :$bOmnigraphics,$c℗♭2010.
300 $axix, 729 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aHealth reference series
520 $a"Provides basic consumer health information about risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancers of concern to women. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Part 1: Understanding Cancer Risks In Women -- Chapter 1: What women need to know about cancer -- Chapter 2: Common gynecologic conditions that are not indicative of cancer -- Chapter 3: Does cancer run in your family? -- Chapter 4: What women need to know about smoking and cancer risk -- Smoking and cancer -- Questions and answers about women and smoking -- Smoking cessation -- Chapter 5: Facts about human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer risk -- HPV facts -- HPV prevalence in U S women -- Questions and answers about the HPV vaccine -- Chapter 6: Cancer risks associated with hormonal medications -- Oral contraceptives and cancer risk -- Menopausal hormone replacement therapy use and cancer -- Diethylstilbestrol exposure and cancer risk -- Part 2: Breast Cancer -- Chapter 7: What you need to know about breast cancer -- Chapter 8: Understanding the risk of breast cancer -- Probability of breast cancer in American women -- Breast cancer risk and protective factors -- Alcohol and breast cancer risk -- Chapter 9: Genes associated with breast cancer -- Chapter 10: Breast cancer screening -- Chapter 11: Staging and treating breast cancer -- Chapter 12: Breast cancer treatment and pregnancy -- Part 3: Gynecologic Cancers -- Chapter 13: Cervical cancer -- Understanding cervical cancer -- How does your doctor know you have cervical cancer? -- Staging and treating cervical cancer -- Chapter 14: Endometrial cancer -- Understanding endometrial cancer -- Endometrial cancer screening -- Stating and treating endometrial cancer -- Chapter 15: Gestational trophoblastic tumors -- Chapter 16: Ovarian cancer -- What you need to know about ovarian cancer -- Ovarian germ cell tumors -- Ovarian epithelial cancer -- Ovarian low malignant potential tumors -- Oral contraceptives reduce long-term risk of ovarian cancer -- Ovarian epithelial tumors traced to fallopian tubes -- Removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes cuts cancer risk for BRCA1/2 carriers -- Chapter 17: Uterine cancer -- Understanding cancer of the uterus -- Staging and treating uterine sarcoma -- Chapter 18: Vaginal cancer -- Chapter 19: Vulvar cancer -- Part 4: Other Cancers Of Special Concern To Women -- Chapter 20: Anal cancer -- Chapter 21: Colorectal cancer -- Cancers of the colon and rectum -- Staging and treating cancer of the colon -- Staging and treating cancer of the rectum -- Chapter 22: Gallbladder and bile duct cancer -- Chapter 23: Lung cancer -- What you need to know about lung cancer -- Staging and treating small cell lung cancer -- Stating and treating non-small cell lung cancer -- Chapter 24: Pancreatic cancer -- What you need to know about pancreatic cancer -- Staging and treating pancreatic cancer -- Chapter 25: Skin cancer -- Facts about skin cancer -- Can skin cancer be prevented? -- Diagnosing and treating melanoma -- Diagnosing and treating non-melanoma skin cancers -- Chapter 26: Thyroid cancer -- What you need to know about thyroid cancer -- Staging and treating thyroid cancer -- Part 5: Diagnosing And Treating Cancer -- Chapter 27: You and your healthcare team -- How to find a doctor or treatment facility if you have cancer -- How to be a proactive patient -- How to get a second opinion -- Chapter 28: Diagnosing cancer -- Commonly used diagnostic test and procedures -- What to expect during a biopsy -- Colposcopy -- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure -- Questions and answers about tumor markers -- Chapter 29: What Do Your Cancer Test Results Mean? -- Understanding a pathology report -- Questions and answers about cancer staging -- Questions and answers about tumor grades -- Chapter 30: Commonly used surgical procedures for women with cancer -- Hysterectomy -- Mastectomy -- Oophorectomy -- Laparoscopy -- Cryosurgery -- Chapter 31: Chemotherapy -- Chapter 32: Radiation therapy -- Chapter 33: Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation -- Chapter 34: Biological therapies for cancer -- Chapter 35: Laser treatment and photodynamic therapy -- Chapter 36: If you are considering complementary and alternative medicine treatments for cancer -- Chapter 37: Cancer clinical trials -- Part 6: Coping With The Side Effects Of Cancer And Cancer Treatments -- Chapter 38: Nausea and vomiting -- Chapter 39: Gastrointestinal effects of cancer treatment -- Chapter 40: Controlling cancer-related pain -- Chapter 41: Lymphedema -- Chapter 42: Effects of cancer treatments on blood cells -- Anemia -- Neutropenia -- Thrombocytopenia -- Chapter 43: Fever, sweats, and hot flashes -- Chapter 44: Treatment-related neuropathy -- Chapter 45: Cancer treatment and physical appearance -- Hair loss (alopecia) -- Nail and skin care -- Chapter 46: Cognitive-related effects of cancer treatment -- Chapter 47: Fighting cancer fatigue -- Part 7: Women's Issues In Cancer Survivorship -- Chapter 48: Living with cancer -- Cancer changes everything -- Tips for cancer patients -- Chapter 49: Eating well when you have cancer -- Chapter 50: Exercising during cancer treatment and beyond -- Chapter 51: Coping with the emotions of cancer -- Chapter 52: Talking to your children about cancer -- Chapter 53: Sexuality and reproductive issues among women with cancer -- Renewing intimacy and sexuality after gynecologic cancer -- Cancer and fertility preservation -- Pregnancy and cancer -- Chapter 54: Taking charge of your follow-up care -- Part 8: Additional Help And Information -- Chapter 55: Glossary of cancer terms -- Chapter 56: Resources for more information about cancer in women -- Chapter 57: How to find a cancer support group -- Index.
650 0 $aGenerative organs, Female$vPopular works.
650 0 $aCancer in women$vPopular works.
650 7 $aCancer in women.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00845592
650 7 $aGenerative organs, Female.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00939912
650 12 $aBreast Neoplasms.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001943
650 22 $aGenital Neoplasms, Female.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005833
650 22 $aRisk Factors.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012307
650 22 $aWomen's Health.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016387
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