Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genito-urinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers, and more : along with facts about cancer treatments, cancer risks and prevention, a glossary of related terms, statistical data, and a directory of resources for additional information
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- ISBN: 9780780813557
- ISBN: 0780813553
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 1318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edition: Seventh edition.
- Publisher: Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Part 1: Cancer Overview: -- Cancer defined -- Cancer classification -- Cancer symptoms -- Metastatic cancer -- Cancer clusters -- Part 2: Risk Factors And Cancer Prevention: -- Factors that are known to increase the risk of cancer -- Cigarette smoking -- Light cigarettes and cancer risk -- Cigar smoking and cancer -- Secondhand smoke and cancer -- Smokeless tobacco and cancer -- Asbestos exposure and cancer -- Cancer risks associated with pregnancy, contraceptives, and menopausal hormones: -- Reproductive history and breast cancer risk -- Oral contraceptives and cancer risk -- Menopausal hormone use -- Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer -- HIV infection and cancer -- HPV and cancer -- Helicobacter pylori and cancer -- Cell phones and cancer risk -- Magnetic field exposure and cancer -- Accidents at nuclear power plants and cancer risks -- Radon and cancer -- Cancer prevention overview -- Diet factors: -- Guide to healthy eating and cooking methods -- Antioxidants and cancer prevention -- Cancer screening --Part 3: Cancer Types: -- Neurological cancers: -- Adult brain tumors -- Childhood brain and spinal cord tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Pituitary tumors -- Head and neck cancer: -- Laryngeal cancer -- Lip and oral cavity cancer -- Metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary -- Thyroid cancer -- Respiratory/thoracic cancer: -- Non-small cell lung cancer -- Small cell lung cancer -- Malignant mesothelioma -- Thymoma and Thymic carcinoma -- Breast cancer -- Gastrointestinal/digestive cancer: -- Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor -- Esophageal cancer -- Adult primary liver cancer -- Extrahepatic bile duct cancer -- Gall bladder cancer -- Pancreatic cancer -- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Islet Cell Tumors) -- Small intestine cancer -- Colon cancer -- Rectal cancer -- Anal cancer -- Genito-urinary cancers: -- Urethral cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Penile cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Gynecological cancers: -- Ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer -- Ovarian low malignant potential tumors -- Endometrial cancer -- Gestational trophoblastic disease -- Cervical cancer -- Vaginal cancer -- Vulvar cancer -- Germ cell cancer: -- Childhood Extracranial germ cell tumor -- Extragonadal germ cell tumor -- Ovarian germ cell tumor -- Musculo-skeletal cancer: -- Bone cancer -- Ewing sarcoma -- Osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone -- Rhabdomyosarcoma, childhood -- Soft tissue sarcoma -- Skin cancer: -- Skin cancer -- Melanoma -- Merkel cell carcinoma -- Kaposi sarcoma -- HIV-related cancer: -- AIDS-related lymphoma -- Cancer of unknown primaries: -- Carcinoma of unknown primary -- Leukemia: -- Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- Lymphoma: -- Primary CNS lymphoma -- Adult Hodgkin lymphoma -- Adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Other types of hematological cancer: --Chromic myeloproliferative neoplasms -- Langerhans cell histiocytosis -- Plasma cell neoplasms -- Myeloidysplastic syndrome -- Part 4: Cancer Detection And Diagnosis: -- Cancer staging -- Computed tomography (CT) scans and cancer -- Mammograms -- BRCA1 and BRCA2: cancer risk and genetic testing -- Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes -- Pap and HPV testing -- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy -- Tests to detect colorectal cancer and polyps -- Tumor grade -- Tumor markers -- Understanding laboratory tests -- Part 5: Cancer Treatment: -- Chemotherapy: -- Questions and answers about chemotherapy -- Tips for meeting with your Doctor or Nurse -- Your feelings during chemotherapy -- Side effects and ways to manage them -- Foods to help with side effects -- Radiation therapy: -- Questions and answers about radiation therapy -- External beam radiation therapy -- Internal radiation therapy -- Your feelings during radiation therapy -- Radiation therapy side effects -- List of foods and liquids -- Biological therapy -- Targeted cancer therapies -- Hyperthermia in cancer treatment -- Lasers in cancer treatment -- Photodynamic therapy for cancer -- Cancer vaccines -- Complementary and alternative therapies for cancer: -- Acupuncture -- Botanicals/herbal products -- Mind-body therapies and massage -- Nutritional therapies -- Pharmacologic treatments -- Cancer treatment scams -- Part 6: Copying With Cancer: -- Cancer treatment side effects -- Cardiopulmonary syndromes -- Nutrition in cancer care -- Oral complications of chemotherapy and head/neck radiation -- Part 7: Research And Clinical Trials: -- Cancer clinical trials -- Cancer clinical trials at the NIH clinical center -- Donating tissues for cancer research --Part 8: Trends And Statistics: -- Cancer statistics -- Cancer statistics-an overview -- Statistic-common caner types -- Statistics-age, gender, ethnicity -- Cancer health disparities -- Part 9: Additional Help And Information: -- National organizations offering cancer-related services -- Glossary of terms related to cancer -- Index. |
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