Women's Cancers

✍ Scribed by Alison Keen, Elaine Lennan, Stanley B. Kaye

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Patients with breast and gynaecological cancers have to contend with a large number of difficult and challenging issues. To help them to do this it is vital that their health carers are fully informed in all aspects of women's cancers. This book provides a comprehensive and meaningful picture of this oncological area, including epidemiology, histopathology, staging, genetic predisposition, sexual function, fertility, treatment and management, survivorship, and palliative care. To give this book added credibility and holistic application, contributions of women with cancer have been included, and the text is interspersed with patient accounts and experiences.

Women's Cancers is essential reading for all nurses and health care professionals working in cancer care settings, as well as patients and families.

Content:
Chapter 1 The History of Women in Relation to Health and Cancer (pages 1–8): Victoria Harmer and Maureen Royston‐Lee
Chapter 2 The Epidemiology of Women's Cancers (pages 9–31): Louisa G. Gordon, Christina M. Nagle and Penelope M. Webb
Chapter 3 Pathology and Staging of Major Types of Gynaecological and Breast Cancers (pages 32–53): Neeta Singh and Rachel Howitt
Chapter 4 Tumour Markers (pages 54–67): Michelle L. Harrison, Ana Montes and Martin Gore
Chapter 5 Genetic Susceptibility to Female Cancers (pages 68–88): Gillian Crawford
Chapter 6 Lifestyle and Prevention (pages 89–99): Elaine Lennan
Chapter 7 Cancer of the Breast (pages 100–118): Alison Farmer
Chapter 8 Cancer of the Ovary (pages 119–132): Kate Gregory
Chapter 9 Cancer of the Ovary: The Patient's Perspective (pages 133–141): Noeleen Young
Chapter 10 Cancer of the Cervix (pages 142–156): Ken Metcalf and Katherine McCarthy
Chapter 11 Cancer of the Endometrium (pages 157–171): Ellen Bull and Robert Woolas
Chapter 12 Cancer of the Vagina (pages 172–182): Sandra Tinkler
Chapter 13 Cancer of the Vulva (pages 183–198): Beccy Hoddinott Isaac and Lisa Young
Chapter 14 Fertility and Cancer in Women (pages 199–215): Susan Ingamells, C. Basu, J. Tucker and A. Umranikar
Chapter 15 Sexual Health and Dysfunction (pages 216–229): Karen Donelly‐Cairns
Chapter 16 Women and Cancer: Rehabilitation and Survivorship (pages 230–238): Alison Keen
Chapter 17 Palliative Care (pages 239–261): Jane Grant and Carol L. Davis