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Presents an overview of ovarian cancer, discusses controversies surrounding the causes and treatments of it, and relates people's personal experiences in dealing with the disease.

When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children is a book for families written from the heart of experience. A mother, physician, and cancer survivor, Dr. Wendy Harpham offers clear, direct, and sympathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of raising normal, healthy children while they struggle with a potentially life-threatening disease. Dr. Harpham lays the groundwork of her book with specific plans for helping children...

"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,...

Dispels the myths and misconceptions of the second most deadly form of cancer in the United States, providing information on the six biggest lifestyle threats, lifesaving nutritional supplements, and pros and cons of new tests.

How to help yourself and your wife through diagnosis, treatment and beyond.

A guide for patients facing cancer encompasses advice ranging from overcoming obstacles to receiving state-of-the-art treatment and taking control of their own cancer care.

When making treatment decisions for children with cancer, many parents and physicians prioritize avoidance of certain late effects over increased chance of cure.

"Following the model of his successful previous books, How the Immune System Works and How Pathogenic Viruses Work, Lauren Sompayrac here explains the basics of cancer: what it is, what it does, and what is being done to try to cure it. In nine clear and concise "Lectures," Dr. Sompayrac conveys the essentials of what we know about human malignancies, using his trademark style of everyday example, metaphor, anecdote, and humor. Focusing on ten of...

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men after skin cancer. It is highly curable; only 11% of cancer deaths are due to prostate cancer. While prostate cancer is a couples' disease, there is much attention paid to the man with cancer and very little to the partner or spouse. Katz includes both the medical information necessary to understanding the disease and first hand accounts from cancer patients and survivors and their partners....