Series foreword / Michele A. Paludi --
Foreword / Susan Strauss --
Foreword / Jennifer L. Martin and G. Michelle Collins-Sibley --
Introduction / Michele A. Paludi --
Part I: In women's own voices. 1. My personal journey / Stephanie M. Karwan ; 2. Breast cancer, my sister, and me / Susan Strauss ; 3. HERA Women's Cancer Foundation / Meg Steitz, HERA Women's Cancer Foundation --
Part II: Sexism and racism in women's cancer diagnosis and treatment. 4. Women's health : biological and social systems / Cheryl Brown Travis and Andrea L. Meltzer ; 5. Cultural consideration for mental health treatment with women of color / Silvia L. Mazzula and Rebecca Rangel --
Part III: Psychosocial issues in understanding and treating women's cancers. 6. Psychosocial aspects of women's reproductive cancers / Joan C. Chrisler, Alexandra M. Nobel, and Jessica R. Newton ; 7. Psychological sequelae of cancer in women during the acute phase of survival / Meagan A. Medina, Bridget R. Kennedy, Cecily A. Luft, Paula K. Lundberg-Love, and Jeanine M. Galusha ; 8. Mind-body health promotion and women's cancers / Ricardo Joao Texeira and Maria de Graca Pereira ; 9. Coping with long-term and late effects : challenges facing female survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer / Anne Moyer, Elisbeth Santore, and Allison Marziliano ; 10. Impact of psychosocial factors on health outcomes of cancer in women / Anna-Lena Lopez and Phyllis Butow ; 11. Meaning reconstruction in the wake of loss : psychological and spiritual adaptation to bereavement / Laurie A. Burke, Robert A. Neimeyer, and Tina C. Elacqua ; 12. Women's experiences of treatment decision making for breast cancer / Katherine Swainston and Anna van Wersch ; 13. Distress and suffering at the end of life / Alicia Krikorian --
Part IV: Women and cancer : relationships and sexuality issues. 14. Sex after cancer : women renegotiating sex outside the coital imperative / Jane M. Ussher, Emilee Gilbert, and Janette Perz ; 15. Family caregiver support to cancer patients : the relevance of adult children / Ricardo Joao Texeira and Maria da Graca Pereira ; 16. Interdependence of breast cancer patients and their partners : the shared experience and coping through it together / Sam M. Dorros ; 17. The experience and construction of changes in women's sexuality after breast cancer : a material-discursive-intrapsychic analysis / Janette Perz, Jane M. Ussher, and Emilee Gilbert ; 18. Exploring the role of stress and neuroticism in negative health outcomes : can stress and personality predict the progression and recurrence of cancer? / Sam M. Dorros ; 19. Managing cancer form diagnosis to recovery : advice for employers / Katie L. Pustolka --
Appendix A: Organizations concerned with women's cancers / Susan Strauss and Michele A. Paludi --
Appendix B: Cancer centers and clinical trials / Michele A. Paludi --
Appendix C: Legislation regarding women's cancers / Michele A. Paludi --
Appendix D: Sample of popular books on women's cancers / Michele A. Paludi --
Appendix E: Guidelines for early detection of cancer identified by the American Cancer Society / Michele A. Paludi --
Appendix F: Legal and financial information for cancer patients / Michele A. Paludi.
