基本説明
A comprehensive textbook exploring the range of women's cancers; for nursing staff.
Full Description
Patients with breast and gynaecological cancers have to contend with a large number of difficult and challenging issues. To help them to do this it is vital that their health carers are fully informed in all aspects of women's cancers. This book provides a comprehensive and meaningful picture of this oncological area, including epidemiology, histopathology, staging, genetic predisposition, sexual function, fertility, treatment and management, survivorship, and palliative care. To give this book added credibility and holistic application, contributions of women with cancer have been included, and the text is interspersed with patient accounts and experiences. Women's Cancers is essential reading for all nurses and health care professionals working in cancer care settings, as well as patients and families.
Contents
Contributors vii
Foreword by Professor Stan Kaye xi
Introduction xiii
1 The History of Women in Relation to Health and Cancer 1
Victoria Harmer and Maureen Royston-Lee
2 The Epidemiology of Women's Cancers 9
Louisa G. Gordon, Christina M. Nagle and Penelope M. Webb
3 Pathology and Staging of Major Types of Gynaecological and Breast Cancers 32
Neeta Singh and Rachel Howitt
4 Tumour Markers 54
Michelle L. Harrison, Ana Montes and Martin Gore
5 Genetic Susceptibility to Female Cancers 68
Gillian Crawford
6 Lifestyle and Prevention 89
Elaine Lennan
7 Cancer of the Breast 100
Alison Farmer
8 Cancer of the Ovary 119
Kate Gregory
9 Cancer of the Ovary: the Patient's Perspective 133
Noeleen Young
10 Cancer of the Cervix 142
Ken Metcalf and Katherine McCarthy
11 Cancer of the Endometrium 157
Ellen Bull and Robert Woolas
12 Cancer of the Vagina 172
Sandra Tinkler
13 Cancer of the Vulva 183
Beccy Hoddinott Isaac and Lisa Young
14 Fertility and Cancer in Women 199
Susan Ingamells, C. Basu, J. Tucker and A. Umranikar
15 Sexual Health and Dysfunction 216
Karen Donelly-Cairns
16 Women and Cancer: Rehabilitation and Survivorship 230
Alison Keen
17 Palliative Care 239
Jane Grant and Carol L. Davis
Index 263
