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Women's cancers / edited by Alison Keen and Elaine Lennan ; foreword by Stan Kaye.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011Description: xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405188517
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC 281.W65 .W66 2011
Contents:
Contributors vii Foreword by Professor Stan Kaye xi Introduction xiii 1 The History of Women in Relation to Health and Cancer 1 Victoria Harmer and Maureen Royston-Lee 2 The Epidemiology of Women s Cancers 9 Louisa G. Gordon, Christina M. Nagle and Penelope M. Webb 3 Pathology and Staging of Major Types of Gynaecological and Breast Cancers 32 Neeta Singh and Rachel Howitt 4 Tumour Markers 54 Michelle L. Harrison, Ana Montes and Martin Gore 5 Genetic Susceptibility to Female Cancers 68 Gillian Crawford 6 Lifestyle and Prevention 89 Elaine Lennan 7 Cancer of the Breast 100 Alison Farmer 8 Cancer of the Ovary 119 Kate Gregory 9 Cancer of the Ovary: the Patient s Perspective 133 Noeleen Young 10 Cancer of the Cervix 142 Ken Metcalf and Katherine McCarthy 11 Cancer of the Endometrium 157 Ellen Bull and Robert Woolas 12 Cancer of the Vagina 172 Sandra Tinkler 13 Cancer of the Vulva 183 Beccy Hoddinott Isaac and Lisa Young 14 Fertility and Cancer in Women 199 Susan Ingamells, C. Basu, J. Tucker and A. Umranikar 15 Sexual Health and Dysfunction 216 Karen Donelly-Cairns 16 Women and Cancer: Rehabilitation and Survivorship 230 Alison Keen 17 Palliative Care 239 Jane Grant and Carol L. Davis Index 263
Summary: "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, including epidemiology, histopathology, normal anatomy and physiology, staging, genetic predisposition, sexual function, fertility, treatment and management, survivorship, and palliative care"--Provided by publisher
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Includes index.

Contributors vii Foreword by Professor Stan Kaye xi Introduction xiii 1 The History of Women in Relation to Health and Cancer 1 Victoria Harmer and Maureen Royston-Lee 2 The Epidemiology of Women s Cancers 9 Louisa G. Gordon, Christina M. Nagle and Penelope M. Webb 3 Pathology and Staging of Major Types of Gynaecological and Breast Cancers 32 Neeta Singh and Rachel Howitt 4 Tumour Markers 54 Michelle L. Harrison, Ana Montes and Martin Gore 5 Genetic Susceptibility to Female Cancers 68 Gillian Crawford 6 Lifestyle and Prevention 89 Elaine Lennan 7 Cancer of the Breast 100 Alison Farmer 8 Cancer of the Ovary 119 Kate Gregory 9 Cancer of the Ovary: the Patient s Perspective 133 Noeleen Young 10 Cancer of the Cervix 142 Ken Metcalf and Katherine McCarthy 11 Cancer of the Endometrium 157 Ellen Bull and Robert Woolas 12 Cancer of the Vagina 172 Sandra Tinkler 13 Cancer of the Vulva 183 Beccy Hoddinott Isaac and Lisa Young 14 Fertility and Cancer in Women 199 Susan Ingamells, C. Basu, J. Tucker and A. Umranikar 15 Sexual Health and Dysfunction 216 Karen Donelly-Cairns 16 Women and Cancer: Rehabilitation and Survivorship 230 Alison Keen 17 Palliative Care 239 Jane Grant and Carol L. Davis Index 263

"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, including epidemiology, histopathology, normal anatomy and physiology, staging, genetic predisposition, sexual function, fertility, treatment and management, survivorship, and palliative care"--Provided by publisher

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