Dollinger, Malin. <br/><br/>
Everyone's guide to cancer therapy / 
Malin Dollinger, Ernest H. Rosenbaum, and Greg Cable. 
 - Kansas City, Mo. :  Andrews and McMeel,  c1991. 
 - xxiii, 624 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 606-607) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents <br/>Part 1: Diagnosis And Treatment <br/>1: Understanding cancer <br/>2: How cancer is diagnosed <br/>3: Working with the health care team <br/>Deciding on the appropriate treatment <br/>5: Second opinions <br/>6: What happens in surgery <br/>7: What happens in radiation therapy <br/>8: What happens in chemotherapy <br/>9: What happens in biological therapy and immunotherapy <br/>10: Laser therapy <br/>11: Hyperthermia <br/>12: Cryosurgery <br/>13: Radiofrequency-generated heat treatment (radiofrequency ablation) <br/>14: Antiangiogenesis: inhibition of blood vessel growth as a strategy for treating cancer <br/>15: Bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation <br/>16: Integrative oncology: complementary therapies in cancer care <br/>17: Blood transfusions and cancer treatment <br/>18: Oncology nursing <br/>Part 2: Supportive Care <br/>19: Living with cancer <br/>20: Coping with the side effects of chemotherapy <br/>21: Fatigue <br/>22: Role of sleep in health, disease, and therapy <br/>23: Maintaining good nutrition <br/>24: Controlling pain <br/>25: Guarding against infections <br/>26: Living with an ostomy <br/>27: Look good-feel better cosmetic program <br/>28: Becoming sexually active again <br/>29: Staying physically fit <br/>30: Home care <br/>31: Palliative care. Part 3: Quality Of Life <br/>32: Will to live <br/>33: Living with mortality: life goes on <br/>34: New hope in managing distress with cancer <br/>35: Survivorship guidelines for cancer patients and their families <br/>36: Late effects of cancer treatment <br/>37: Infertility problems in cancer survivors <br/>38: Cancer and the family's needs <br/>39: Paying for cancer care <br/>40: Managed care and oncology: new ways to deliver health care <br/>41: Planning for the future <br/>Part 4: New Advances In Research, Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, And Treatment <br/>42: Impact of research on the cancer problem: looking back, moving forward <br/>43: Cancer risk assessment, screening, and prevention <br/>44: Investigational anticancer drugs <br/>45: Advances in cancer biology <br/>46: Genetic risk assessment and counseling <br/>47: Cancer information <br/>Part 5: Treating The Common Cancers <br/>Adrenal gland <br/>Anus <br/>Bile duct <br/>Bladder <br/>Brain <br/>Breast <br/>Cancer of an unknown primary site (CUPS) <br/>Carcinoids of the gastrointestinal tract <br/>Cervix <br/>Childhood cancers <br/>Childhood cancers: Brain tumors <br/>Childhood cancers: Retinoblastoma <br/>Childhood cancers: Soft-tissue and bone sarcomas <br/>Colon and rectum <br/>Esophagus<br/>Gallbladder <br/>Gastrointestinal stromal tumor <br/>Head and neck <br/>Kaposi's sarcoma <br/>Kidney <br/>Leukemias <br/>Liver <br/>Lung: Nonsmall cell <br/>Lung: Small cell <br/>Lymphoma: AIDS-associated <br/>Lymphoma: Hodgkin's disease <br/>Lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin's <br/>Melanoma <br/>Mesothelioma <br/>Metastatic cancer<br/>Multiple myeloma <br/>Neuroendocrine (islet cell) tumors of the pancreas <br/>Ovarian germ cell tumors <br/>Ovary <br/>Pancreas <br/>Parathyroid <br/>Penis <br/>Pituitary <br/>Prostate <br/>Sarcomas of bone and soft tissue <br/>Skin <br/>Small intestine <br/>Stomach <br/>Testis <br/>Thymus <br/>Thyroid <br/>Trophoblastic disease <br/>Uterus: Endometrial carcinoma <br/>Uterus: Uterine sarcomas <br/>Vagina <br/>Vulva <br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0836224183 (hd) :  $29.95 0836224175 (ppb) :  $19.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91008397  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>QZ 201 D665e 1991  / D665e 1991