This book provides 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.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Preface.
1: Understanding Cancer Risks in Women.
2: What You Need to Know about Cancer.
3: Common Gynecologic Conditions That Are Not Indicative of Cancer.
4: The Genetics of Cancer.
5: Smoking, Tobacco and Cancer Risk in Women.
6: The Link between Human Papillomavirus and Cancer.
7: Reproductive History and Cancer Risk.
8: Cancer-Causing Substances in the Environment.
9: Interventions That May Lower Cancer Risk.
10: Breast Cancer.
11: Breast Cancer: The Second Most Common Cancer among Women.
12: The Relationship between Breast Density and Breast Cancer.
13: Breast Cancer Screening.
14: Stages of Breast Cancer.
15: Breast Cancer Treatment.
16: Gynecologic Cancers.
17: Vaginal Cancer.
18: Vulvar Cancer.
19: Cervical Cancer.
20: Ovarian Cancer.
21: Endometrial Cancer.
22: Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors.
23: Uterine Sarcoma.
24: Other Cancers of Special Concern to Women.
25: Anal Cancer.
26: Colorectal Cancer.
27: Gallbladder Cancer.
28: Lung Cancer.
29: Thyroid Cancer.
30: Skin Cancer.
31: Pancreatic Cancer.
32: Diagnosing and Treating Cancer.
33: How to Find a Doctor or a Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer.
34: Cancer Diagnosis.
35: What Do Your Cancer Test Results Mean?.
36: Types of Cancer Treatment: An Overview.
37: Surgical Procedures for Cancer in Women.
38: Chemotherapy.
39: Radiation Therapy.
40: Immunotherapy: A Precision Medicine Tool for Cancer Treatment.
41: Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer.
42: Hyperthermia.
43: Photodynamic Therapy.
44: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments for Cancer.
45: Cancer Clinical Trials.
46: Coping with the Short- and Long-Term Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments.
47: Nutrition-Related Side Effects from Cancer Treatment.
48: Managing Cancer Fatigue.
49: Managing Cancer-Related Pain.
50: The Effects of Cancer Treatments on Blood Cells.
