Cancer sourcebook : provides 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, statistical data, a glossary of terms related to cancer, and a directory of resources for additional information / Kevin Hayes, managing editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayes, Kevin (Editor of health information), editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Health reference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Popular works.

Cancer.

Cancer--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Popular works.

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvi,1270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Ninth edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2021]

Summary:

"Provides basic consumer health information about risks, prevention, and treatment of major forms of cancer. Includes index, glossary of related terms, statistics, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Cancer Risk Factors: An Overview

Chapter 1 What Is Cancer? p. 3

Chapter 2 Cancer Statistics p. 13

Section 2.1 Understanding Statistics on Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality p. 15

Section 2.2 Statistics for Different Rinds of-Cancer p. 22

Chapter 3 Cancer Health Disparities p. 31

Section 3.1 Overview of Cancer Health Disparities p. 33

Section 3.2 Statistics for Cancer Health Disparities p. 36

Chapter 4 Lifestyle Issues and Cancer Risk p. 43

Section 4.1 Tobacco Use and Cancer Risk p. 45

Section 4.2 Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk p. 65

Section 4.3 Obesity and Cancer Risk p. 71

Section 4.4 Sun Exposure and Cancer Risk p. 73

Section 4.5 Indoor Tanning and Cancer Risk p. 78

Section 4.6 The Role of Physical Activity in Reducing Cancer Risk p. 82

Chapter 5 Hereditary Cancer Risks p. 85

Chapter 6 Infectious Diseases and Cancer Risk p. 91

Section 6.1 Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer p. 93

Section 6.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Cancer Risk p. 98

Section 6.3 Other Viruses and Bacteria That Can Lead to Cancer p. 102

Chapter 7 Hormonal Therapies and Cancer Risk p. 115

Section 7.1 Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk p. 117

Section 7.2 Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer p. 120

Chapter 8 Radiation and Cancer Risk p. 125

Section 8.1 How Radiation Affects Cancer Risk p. 127

Section 8.2 Medical X-rays and Cancer Risk p. 130

Section 8.3 Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer Risk p. 132

Chapter 9 Other Environmental Carcinogens p. 143

Chapter 10 Common Moles, Dysplastic Nevi, and Risk of Melanoma p. 153

Chapter 11 Common Cancer Myths and Misconceptions p. 161

Part 2 Common Types of Cancer

Chapter 12 Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors p. 169

Chapter 13 Adult Central Nervous System Tumors p. 175

Chapter 14 Neuroblastoma p. 193

Chapter 15 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma p. 209

Chapter 16 Pituitary Tumors p. 217

Chapter 17 Thyroid Cancer p. 229

Chapter 18 Parathyroid Cancer p. 243

Chapter 19 Adrenocortical Carcinoma p. 251

Chapter 20 Islet Cell Tumors p. 261

Chapter 21 Retinoblastoma p. 277

Chapter 22 Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer p. 291

Chapter 23 Laryngeal Cancer p. 301

Chapter 24 Lung Cancer: An Overview p. 313

Chapter 25 Small Cell Lung Cancer p. 321

Chapter 26 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer p. 331

Chapter 27 Malignant Mesothelioma p. 349

Chapter 28 Esophageal Cancer p. 361

Chapter 29 Stomach (Gastric) Cancer p. 373

Chapter 30 Gallbladder Cancer p. 385

Chapter 31 Pancreatic Cancer p. 395

Chapter 32 Liver Cancer p. 403

Chapter 33 Bile Duct Cancer p. 407

Chapter 34 Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors p. 421

Chapter 35 Small Intestine Cancer p. 433

Chapter 36 Colorectal Cancer p. 441

Chapter 37 Anal Cancer p. 449

Chapter 38 Kidney Cancers p. 457

Section 38.1 Renal Cell Cancer p. 459

Section 38.2 Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors p. 467

Chapter 39 Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter p. 485

Chapter 40 Urethral Cancer p. 493

Chapter 41 Bladder Cancer p. 503

Chapter 42 Breast Cancer p. 513

Section 42.1 Breast Cancer in Women p. 515

Section 42.2 Breast Cancer in Men p. 531

Chapter 43 Gynecological Cancers p. 535

Section 43.1 Overview of Gynecological Cancers p. 537

Section 43.2 Cervical Cancer p. 540

Section 43.3 Endometrial Cancer p. 548

Section 43.4 Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors p. 557

Section 43.5 Ovarian Epithelial Cancer p. 567

Section 43.6 Uterine Sarcoma p. 577

Section 43.7 Vaginal Cancer p. 584

Section 43.8 Vulvar Cancer p. 593

Chapter 44 Andrological Cancers p. 601

Section 44.1 Penile Cancer p. 603

Section 44.2 Prostate Cancer p. 609

Section 44.3 Testicular Cancer p. 618

Chapter 45 Leukemia p. 629

Section 45.1 Overview of Leukemia p. 631

Section 45.2 Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia p. 633

Section 45.3 Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia p. 642

Section 45.4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia p. 649

Section 45.5 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia p. 658

Section 45.6 Hairy Cell Leukemia p. 664

Chapter 46 Lymphoma p. 673

Section 46.1 Overview of Lymphoma p. 675

Section 46.2 Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma p. 676

Section 46.3 Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma p. 690

Chapter 47 Plasma Cell Neoplasms p. 715

Chapter 48 Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Diseases p. 729

Chapter 49 Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma p. 739

Chapter 50 Skin Cancer p. 747

Chapter 51 Melanoma p. 753

Chapter 52 Merkel Cell Carcinoma p. 769

Chapter 53 Bone Cancers p. 777

Section 53.1 Overview of Bone Cancer p. 779

Section 53.2 Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone p. 786

Section 53.3 Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors p. 795

Chapter 54 Soft Tissue Sarcomas p. 805

Section 54.1 Overview of Soft Tissue Sarcoma p. 807

Section 54.2 Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma p. 807

Section 54.3 Childhood Vascular Tumors p. 828

Section 54.4 Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma p. 837

Section 54.5 Synovial Sarcoma p. 846

Section 54.6 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors p. 849

Section 54.7 Kaposi Sarcoma p. 855

Chapter 55 Germ Cell Tumors p. 863

Section 55.1 Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors p. 865

Section 55.2 Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors p. 872

Section 55.3 Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors p. 878

Chapter 56 Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin p. 895

Part 3 Cancer-Related Tests and Treatments

Chapter 57 Cancer Diagnosis, Staging, and Prognosis p. 907

Chapter 58 Finding Healthcare Services p. 919

Chapter 59 Common Medical Procedures and Tests for Cancer p. 929

Section 59.1 Cancer Imaging p. 931

Section 59.2 Tumor Markers p. 939

Chapter 60 Surgical Procedures and Cancer p. 945

Section 60.1 What You Need to Know about Surgery p. 947

Section 60.2 Lasers in Cancer Treatment p. 953

Chapter 61 Chemotherapy p. 957

Chapter 62 Radiation Therapy p. 963

Chapter 63 Immunotherapy p. 967

Chapter 64 Stem Cell Transplant p. 971

Chapter 65 Hormone Therapy p. 975

Chapter 66 Precision Medicine and Targeted Therapies p. 979

Chapter 67 Complementary and Alternative Medicine p. 987

Part 4 Reeurrent and advanced Cancer

Chapter 68 Recurrent Cancer p. 995

Chapter 69 Metastatic Cancer p. 997

Chapter 70 Advanced Cancer p. 1001

Chapter 71 End-of-Life Care p. 1037

Part 5 Clinical Trials and Cancer Research

Chapter 72 Clinical Trials p. 1045

Section 72.1 What Are Clinical Trials? p. 1047

Section 72.2 How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial p. 1069

Chapter 73 Cancer Biology Research p. 1077

Chapter 74 Cancer Genomics Research p. 1081

Chapter 75 Cancer Diagnosis Research p. 1085

Chapter 76 Cancer Prevention Research p. 1089

Chapter 77 Cancer Treatment Research p. 1093

Chapter 78 Oncolytic Virus Therapy p. 1097

Chapter 79 Gene Therapy for Cancer p. 1105

Chapter 80 Liquid Biopsy: Using DNA in Blood to Detect, Track, and Treat Cancer p. 1113

Chapter 81 Innovative Technologies Changing Cancer Treatment p. 1121

Part 6 Recovering from Cancer

Chapter 82 Coping with Cancer p. 1129

Section 82.1 Adjusting to Cancer p. 1131

Section 82.2 Feelings and Cancer p. 1142

Section 82.3 Self-Image and Sexuality after Cancer p. 1150

Chapter 83 Cancer Caregivers: Caring for Yourself p. 1159

Chapter 84 Facing Forward: Life after Cancer Treatment p. 1163

Chapter 85 Guide to Healthy Living: Physical Health p. 1183

Chapter 86 Eating Hints: Before, during, and after Cancer Treatment p. 1191

Chapter 87 Glossary of Terms Related to Cancer p. 1199

Chapter 88 National Organizations Offering Cancer-Related Services p. 1215

Chapter 89 Beware of Online Cancer Fraud p. 1223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Cancer sourcebook

ISBN:

9780780819191

0780819195

OCLC:

1257313466

Publisher Number:

99989606137