| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 768 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Is it cancer? (Cancer basics -- Cancer causes and risks -- Signs and symptoms -- Detecting cancer early -- Diagnostic tests) -- When the diagnosis is cancer. (Cancer care : a team approach -- Getting a second opinion -- Your support network) -- Treatment strategies. (Principles of treatment -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Chemotherapy -- Biological therapies -- Stem cell transplants -- Combination treatments -- Investigational treatments -- Complementary and alternative therapies) -- Living with cancer. (Food and nutrition -- Physical activity -- Body image and self-esteem -- Sexuality -- Managing disabilities and limitations. |
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The pain challenge -- Fatigue -- Cancer emergencies -- Coping with your cancer -- Coping with stress, fear, anxiety, and depression -- Issues for families and friends -- The financial costs) -- Advancing illness. (Metastasis and recurrence -- Care at the end of life) -- Overview of specific cancers. How to use this overview -- Aids-related cancers (Kaposi's Sarcoma, Lymphomas, precancerous changes and invasive Cervical cancer, Anal cancer) -- Blood and lymph (Acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma) -- Bone and connective tissue (Bone, Kaposi's Sarcoma) -- Breast -- Central nervous system (Brain and spinal cord). |
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Childhood cancers (Childhood leukemia, Osteosarcoma, Ewing's family of tumors -- Brain and spinal cord tumors in children, Neuroblastoma, Retinoblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms' tumor) -- Digestive tract (Esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, liver, gallbladder) -- Endocrine (Thyroid. pancreas) -- Eye -- Female reproductive tract (Vagina, Vulva, Cervix, Uterus, Ovary) -- Head and neck (Larynx, oral cavity, salivary gland) -- Lung -- Male reproductive tract (Testes, Prostrate, Penis) -- Skin (Melanoma, Nonmelanoma) -- Urinary tract (Kidney, bladder). |
| Summary |
Covers cancer causes and risks, screening and diagnostic tests, treatment strategies, and quality of life issues. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Popular works.
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Cancer -- Popular works.
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Cancer. (OCoLC)fst00845317
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Neoplasms -- diagnosis.
(DNLM)D009369Q000175
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Neoplasms -- therapy.
(DNLM)D009369Q000628
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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Popular Work. (DNLM)D020496
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| Added Author |
Eyre, Harmon J.
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Lange, Dianne.
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Morris, Lois B.
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American Cancer Society.
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| ISBN |
0944235271 (alk. paper) |
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9780944235270 (alk. paper) |
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