
Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy
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- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Other Books
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Editors' Preface
- To the Reader
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Part One: Diagnosis and Treatment
- 1 Understanding Cancer
- 2 How Cancer Is Diagnosed
- 3 Working with the Health Care Team
- 4 Deciding on the Appropriate Treatment
- 5 Second Opinions
- 6 What Happens in Surgery
- 7 What Happens in Radiation Therapy
- 8 What Happens in Chemotherapy
- 9 What Happens in Biological Therapy and Immunotherapy
- 10 Laser Therapy
- 11 Hyperthermia
- 12 Cryosurgery
- 13 Radiofrequency-Generated Heat Treatment (Radiofrequency Ablation)
- 14 Antiangiogenesis: Inhibition of Blood Vessel Growth as a Strategy for Treating Cancer
- 15 Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- 16 Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care
- 17 Blood Transfusions and Cancer Treatment
- 18 Oncology Nursing
- Part Two: Supportive Care
- 19 Living with Cancer
- 20 Coping with the Side Effects of Chemotherapy
- 21 Fatigue
- 22 The Role of Sleep in Health, Disease, and Therapy
- 23 Maintaining Good Nutrition
- 24 Controlling Pain
- 25 Guarding Against Infections
- 26 Living with an Ostomy
- 27 The Look Good . Feel Better Cosmetic Program
- 28 Becoming Sexually Active Again
- 29 Staying Physically Fit
- 30 Home Care
- 31 Palliative Care
- Part Three: Quality of Life
- 32 The Will to Live
- 33 Living with Mortality: Life Goes On
- 34 New Hope in Managing Distress with Cancer
- 35 Survivorship Guidelines for Cancer Patients and Their Families
- 36 Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
- 37 Infertility Problems in Cancer Survivors
- 38 Cancer and the Family's Needs
- 39 Paying for Cancer Care
- 40 Managed Care and Oncology: New Ways to Deliver Health Care
- 41 Planning for the Future
- Part Four: New Advances in Research, Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
- 42 The Impact of Research on the Cancer Problem: Looking Back, Moving Forward
- 43 Cancer Risk Assessment, Screening, and Prevention
- 44 Investigational Anticancer Drugs
- 45 Advances in Cancer Biology
- 46 Genetic Risk Assessment and Counseling
- 47 Cancer Information
- Part Five: Treating the Common Cancers
- Adrenal Gland
- Anus
- Bile Duct
- Bladder
- Brain
- Breast
- Cancer of an Unknown Primary Site (CUPS)
- Carcinoids of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Cervix
- Childhood Cancers
- Childhood Cancers: Brain Tumors
- Childhood Cancers: Retinoblastoma
- Childhood Cancers: Soft-Tissue and Bone Sarcomas
- Colon and Rectum
- Esophagus
- Gallbladder
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Head and Neck
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kidney
- The Leukemias
- Liver
- Lung: Nonsmall Cell
- Lung: Small Cell
- Lymphoma: AIDS-Associated
- Lymphoma: Hodgkin's Disease
- Lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin's
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Metastatic Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors of the Pancreas
- Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
- Ovary
- Pancreas
- Parathyroid
- Penis
- Pituitary
- Prostate
- Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue
- Skin
- Small Intestine
- Stomach
- Testis
- Thymus
- Thyroid
- Trophoblastic Disease
- Uterus: Endometrial Carcinoma
- Uterus: Uterine Sarcomas
- Vagina
- Vulva
- Glossary of Medical Terms
- Cancer Information Bibliography
- Index
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