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| Foreword | |
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| Preface to the Fifth Edition | |
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| Editors' Preface | |
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| To the Reader | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Diagnosis and Treatment | |
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| Understanding Cancer | |
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| How Cancer Is Diagnosed | |
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| Working with the Health Care Team | |
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| Deciding on the Appropriate Treatment | |
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| Second Opinions | |
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| What Happens in Surgery | |
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| What Happens in Radiation Therapy | |
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| What Happens in Chemotherapy | |
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| What Happens in Biological Therapy and Immunotherapy | |
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| Laser Therapy | |
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| Hyperthermia | |
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| Cryosurgery | |
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| Radiofrequency-Generated Heat Treatment (Radiofrequency Ablation) | |
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| Antiangiogenesis: Inhibition of Blood Vessel Growth as a Strategy for Treating Cancer | |
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| Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation | |
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| Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care | |
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| Blood Transfusions and Cancer Treatment | |
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| Oncology Nursing | |
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| Supportive Care | |
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| Living with Cancer | |
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| Coping with the Side Effects of Chemotherapy | |
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| Fatigue | |
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| The Role of Sleep in Health, Disease, and Therapy | |
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| Maintaining Good Nutrition | |
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| Controlling Pain | |
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| Guarding Against Infections | |
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| Living with an Ostomy | |
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| The Look Good... Feel Better Cosmetic Program | |
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| Becoming Sexually Active Again | |
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| Staying Physically Fit | |
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| Home Care | |
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| Palliative Care | |
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| Quality of Life | |
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| The Will to Live | |
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| Living with Mortality: Life Goes On | |
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| New Hope in Managing Distress with Cancer | |
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| Survivorship Guidelines for Cancer Patients and Their Families | |
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| Late Effects of Cancer Treatment | |
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| Infertility Problems in Cancer Survivors | |
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| Cancer and the Family's Needs | |
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| Paying for Cancer Care | |
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| Managed Care and Oncology: New Ways to Deliver Health Care | |
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| Planning for the Future | |
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| New Advances in Research, Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment | |
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| The Impact of Research on the Cancer Problem: Looking Back, Moving Forward | |
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| Cancer Risk Assessment, Screening, and Prevention | |
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| Investigational Anticancer Drugs | |
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| Advances in Cancer Biology | |
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| Genetic Risk Assessment and Counseling | |
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| Cancer Information | |
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| Treating the Common Cancers | |
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| Adrenal Gland | |
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| Anus | |
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| Bile Duct | |
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| Bladder | |
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| Brain | |
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| Breast | |
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| Cancer of an Unknown Primary Site (CUPS) | |
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| Carcinoids of the Gastrointestinal Tract | |
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| Cervix | |
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| Childhood Cancers | |
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| Childhood Cancers: Brain Tumors | |
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| Childhood Cancers: Retinoblastoma | |
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| Childhood Cancers: Soft-Tissue and Bone Sarcomas | |
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| Colon and Rectum | |
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| Esophagus | |
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| Gallbladder | |
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| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor | |
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| Head and Neck | |
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| Kaposi's Sarcoma | |
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| Kidney | |
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| The Leukemias | |
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| Liver | |
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| Lung: Nonsmall Cell | |
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| Lung: Small Cell | |
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| Lymphoma: AIDS-Associated | |
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| Lymphoma: Hodgkin's Disease | |
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| Lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin's | |
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| Melanoma | |
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| Mesothelioma | |
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| Metastatic Cancer | |
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| Multiple Myeloma | |
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| Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors of the Pancreas | |
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| Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors | |
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| Ovary | |
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| Pancreas | |
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| Parathyroid | |
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| Penis | |
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| Pituitary | |
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| Prostate | |
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| Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue | |
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| Skin | |
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| Small Intestine | |
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| Stomach | |
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| Testis | |
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| Thymus | |
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| Thyroid | |
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| Trophoblastic Disease | |
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| Uterus: Endometrial Carcinoma | |
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| Uterus: Uterine Sarcomas | |
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| Vagina | |
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| Vulva | |
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| Glossary of Medical Terms | |
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| Cancer Information Bibliography | |
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| Index | |