Women's Cancers: Pathways to Healing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. General Information

   1. General Introduction

      Pages 3-5

   2. Anatomy Overview

      Pages 7-9

   3. The 4-cusp Approach to Cancer Care

      Pages 11-31

   4. General Concepts of Surgical Management

      Pages 33-34

   5. Sex, Cancer, and Surgery

      Pages 35-36

3. Specific Cancers

   1. Cervical Cancer and Precancer (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia)

      Pages 39-53

   2. Ovarian Cancer (Including Cancer of the Fallopian Tube)

      Pages 55-64

   3. Endometrial Cancer

      Pages 65-75

   4. Vulval Cancer

      Pages 77-83

   5. Breast Cancer

      Pages 85-96

   6. Choriocarcinoma: Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia

      Pages 97-100

4. General Treatments and Care

   1. General Concepts of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy

      Pages 103-106

   2. Pain Management

      Pages 107-112

   3. Complementary Therapies

      Pages 113-122

   4. Bereavement/Grief

      Pages 123-124

   5. Spiritual Approaches to Living with Cancer

      Pages 125-128

   6. Conclusion

      Pages 129-129

5. Back Matter

   Pages 131-138

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This book is designed, as the title “Pathways to healing” suggests, to allow you and your family ready access to all the information you require about your c- cer to allow you to understand the different directions your disease may take. It should allow you to realize the breadth of possible outcome from where you stand at the particular point in time when you buy the book, or as your disease progresses or not. This book has been written for you wherever you are in the disease, ranging from cured, to those that spend many years living with their cancer, to those who sadly die of their cancer. One of the greatest privileges working in the field of cancer care is meeting many wonderful people, some of who have very kindly written sections of this book. We do hope that by reading this book things may be a little clearer for you and at least some worries made lighter.

• BLADON
• Uterus
• anatomy
• carcinoma
• care
• diagnosis
• homeopathy
• management
• medicine
• ovarian cancer
• pain
• radiotherapy
• sex
• surgery
• treatment

From the reviews:

"This is a concise guide to screening, diagnosis, and treatment of the most common female cancers. … The book is intended for women diagnosed with female cancer and those who love and care for them. However, it also provides a concise resource for nursing professionals to reinforce important information regarding the disease processes of female cancers. … This book is a useful addition to the genre."(Theresa M. Bacon, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2009)

• West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre, Imperial College at Hammersmith & Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals, London, UK

  J. Richard Smith

• New York University School of Medicine, USA

  J. Richard Smith

• NY Downtown Hospital, USA

  Giuseppe Priore

• Weil Medical College, Cornell University, New York, USA

  Giuseppe Priore

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