Cancer sourcebook: 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

"Provides basic consumer health information about risks, prevention, and treatment of major forms of cancer. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher Questions and answers about cancer -- Cancer Statistics. Understanding Statistics on Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality -- Role Statistics Play in Predicting a Patient's Prognosis -- Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Rates for Common Cancers -- Cancer Health Disparities -- Lifestyle Issues and Cancer Risk. Tobacco Use and Cancer Risk -- Facts about Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk -- Questions and Answers about Obesity and Cancer Risk -- Roles of Exercise and Stress Management in Reducing Cancer Risk -- Sun Exposure and Cancer Risk -- Indoor Tanning and Cancer Risk -- Hereditary Cancer Risks -- Infectious Diseases and Cancer Risk -- Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer : Questions and Answers -- HIV Infection and Cancer Risk -- Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus -- Hepatitis Viruses and Cancer Risk -- Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV1) and Cancer Risk -- Epstein-Barr Virus and Cancer Risk -- Helicobacter Pylori and Cancer Risk -- Hormonal Therapies and Cancer Risk. Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk -- Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Use and Cancer -- Risk of Ovarian Cancer from Hormone Therapy Confirmed -- Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and Cancer Risk -- Radiation and Cancer Risk. Difference between Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation -- How Radiation Affects Cancer Risk -- Radon and Cancer -- Medical X-Rays: Benefits and Risks -- Iodine-131 and Cancer Risk -- Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer -- Environmental Carcinogens -- 10 Brain Tumors -- Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma -- Pituitary Tumors -- Thyroid Cancer -- Parathyroid Cancer -- Adrenocortical Carcinoma -- Islet Cell Tumors -- Retinoblastoma -- Oral Cancer -- Laryngeal Cancer -- Lung Cancer: An Overview -- Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Malignant Mesothelioma -- Esophageal Cancer -- Stomach Cancer -- Gallbladder Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer -- Liver Cancer -- Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer -- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors -- Small Intestine Cancer -- Colon Cancer -- Rectal Cancer -- Anal Cancer -- Kidney Cancers. Renal Cell Cancer -- Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors -- Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter -- Urethral Cancer -- Bladder Cancer -- Breast Cancer -- Gynecological Cancers. Cervical Cancer -- Endometrial Cancer -- Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors -- Ovarian Epithelial Cancer -- Uterine Sarcoma -- Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers -- Common Procedures for Cancers of the Female Reproductive Organs -- Andrological Cancers. Penile Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Testicular Cancer -- Leukemia -- Lymphoma. Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Multiple Myeloma -- Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Diseases -- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma -- Melanoma -- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer -- Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- Bone Cancers. Questions and Answers about Bone Cancers -- Osteosarcoma and Bone Fibrous Histiocytoma -- Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors -- Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Synovial Sarcoma -- Germ Cell Tumors. Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors -- Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors. Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors -- Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin -- Cancer Screening and Early Detection -- Common Medical Procedures and Tests. Medical Tests and Procedures for Cancer Patients -- Cancer Imaging -- Questions and Answers about Computed Tomography (CT) -- Tumor Markers -- Surgical Procedures and Cancer. What You Need to Know about Surgery -- Lasers in Cancer Treatment -- Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment -- Chemotherapy -- Radiation Therapy -- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation -- Biological Therapies -- Molecularly Targeted Therapies -- Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer -- Cancer and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Thinking about CAM -- Dietary Supplements and Cancer Treatment -- Metastatic Cancer -- Recurrent Cancer -- End-of-Life Care -- How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial -- Access to Investigational Drugs -- Cancer Vaccines -- Gene Therapy for Cancer -- Proton Therapy -- Potential of Nanotechnology in Cancer Care -- A Glossary of Cancer-Related Terms -- National Organizations Offering Cancer-Related Services -- How to Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer -- Beware of Online Cancer Fraud.