Cancer sourcebook for women : basic consumer health information about gynecologic cancers and related concerns, including cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, gestational trophoblastic tumor, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, breast cancer, and common non-cancerous uterine conditions, with facts about cancer risk factors, screening and prevention, treatment options, and reports on current research initiatives, along with a glossary of cancer terms and a directory of resources for additional help and information /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit, MI :
Omnigraphics,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Health reference series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Breast cancer
- Understanding breast cancer
- Screening for breast cancer
- Prevention of breast cancer
- Breast cancer: better treatments save more lives
- Pt. 2. 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
- Pt. 3. Endometrial cancer
- Understanding endometrial cancer
- Prevention of endometrial cancer
- Factors that affect your risk of developing endometrial cancer
- Treatment of endometrial cancer
- Pt. 4. 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
- Pt. 5. 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)
- Pt. 6. 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
- Pt. 7. 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
- Pt. 8. 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) trial 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)
- Pt. 9. 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
- Pt. 10. Additional help and information
- Glossary of gynecologic and cancer terms
- Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Resources for women with cancer.