Title:
Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers, and more; along with facts about cancer treatments, cancer risks and prevention ... / edited by Karen Bellenir.
Author:
Bellenir, Karen.
Publication Information:
Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2011.
Call Number:
RC263 .C294 2011
Abstract:
"Provides basic consumer health information about risks, prevention, and treatment of major forms of cancer. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
6th ed.
ISBN:
9780780811454
Series:
Health Reference series
Health reference series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
xviii, 1121 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Part I: cancer risk factors and cancer prevention -- Questions and answers about cancer -- Cancer statistics -- Cancer health disparities -- Lifestyle issues and cancer risk -- Hereditary cancer risks -- Infectious diseases and cancer risk -- Hormonal therapies and cancer risk -- Radiation and cancer risk -- Environmental carcinogens -- Part II: common types of cancer -- Cancers affecting the brain and central nervous system -- Cancers affecting the endocrine system -- Cancers affecting the eyes, mouth, and neck -- Cancers that affect the lungs -- Cancers affecting the digestive tract -- Cancers affecting the urinary tract -- Cancers affecting the breasts and reproductive organs -- Cancers affecting the blood cells and immune system -- Cancers affecting the skin and bones -- Cancers affecting other or multiple body systems -- Part III: cancer-related tests and treatments -- Part VI: Recurrent and advanced cancer -- Part V: Cancer research -- Part VI: Additional help and information.
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