Women's cancers /

"Patients with breast and gynecological cancers have to contend with a large number of difficult and challenging issues. To help them to do this it is vital that their carers are fully informed in all areas. This book provides a comprehensive and meaningful picture of women's cancers, incl...

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Other Authors: Keen, Alison, Lennan, Elaine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • History of women in relation to health and cancer / Victoria Harmer, Maureen Royston-Lee
  • Epidemiology of women's cancers / Louisa G. Gordon, Christina M. Nagle, Penelope M. Webb
  • Pathology and staging of major types of gynaecological and breast cancers / Neeta Singh, Rachel Howitt
  • Tumour markers / Michelle L. Harrison, Ana Montes, Martin Gore
  • Genetic susceptibility to female cancers / Gillian Crawford
  • Lifestyle and prevention / Elaine Lennan
  • Cancer of the breast / Alison Farmer
  • Cancer of the ovary / Kate Gregory
  • Cancer of the ovary : the patient's perspective / Noeleen Young
  • Cancer of the cervix / Ken Metcalf, Katherine McCarthy
  • Cancer of the endometrium / Ellen Bull, Robert Woolas
  • Cancer of the vagina / Sandra Tinkler
  • Cancer of the vulva / Beccy Hoddinott Isaac, Lisa Young
  • Fertility and cancer in women / Susan Ingamells [and others]
  • Sexual health and dysfunction / Karen Donelly-Cairns
  • Women and cancer : rehabilitation and survivorship / Alison Keen
  • Palliative care / Jane Grant, Carol L. Davis.