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Title Women's cancers / edited by Alison Keen and Elaine Lennan ; foreword by Stan Kaye
Published Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, [2011]
©2011

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Description xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1- Review of Female Reproductive System.Chapter 2- Epidemiology.Chapter 3- Women and Cancer.Chapter 4- Tumour markersChapter 5- Breast Cancer.Chapter 6 -- Ovarian Cancer.Chapter 7 -Cancer of the cervix.Chapter 8- Endometrial Cancer.Chapter 9 -Vaginal CancerChapter 10 -Cancer of the Vulva.Chapter 11- Health promotion / Prevention.Chapter 12 -- Sexual health and Sexuality.Chapter 13- FertilityChapter 14- Supporting Women with Cancer.Chapter 15- Palliative Care
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cancer in women.
Breast -- Cancer.
Generative organs, Female -- Cancer.
Genital Neoplasms, Female.
Breast Neoplasms.
Women's Health.
Author Keen, Alison.
Lennan, Elaine.
LC no. 2010048018
ISBN 9781405188517 (paperback)
1405188510 (paperback)