Preface
Part 1: Cancer Overview:
Cancer defined
Cancer classification
Cancer symptoms
Metastatic cancer
Cancer clusters
Part 2: Risk Factors And Cancer Prevention:
Factors that are known to increase the risk of cancer
Cigarette smoking
Light cigarettes and cancer risk
Cigar smoking and cancer
Secondhand smoke and cancer
Smokeless tobacco and cancer
Asbestos exposure and cancer
Cancer risks associated with pregnancy, contraceptives, and menopausal hormones:
Reproductive history and breast cancer risk
Oral contraceptives and cancer risk
Menopausal hormone use
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
HIV infection and cancer
HPV and cancer
Helicobacter pylori and cancer
Cell phones and cancer risk
Magnetic field exposure and cancer
Accidents at nuclear power plants and cancer risks
Radon and cancer
Cancer prevention overview
Diet factors:
Guide to healthy eating and cooking methods
Antioxidants and cancer prevention
Cancer screening
Part 3: Cancer Types:
Neurological cancers:
Adult brain tumors
Childhood brain and spinal cord tumors
Neuroblastoma
Pituitary tumors
Head and neck cancer:
Laryngeal cancer
Lip and oral cavity cancer
Metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary
Thyroid cancer
Respiratory/thoracic cancer:
Non-small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer
Malignant mesothelioma
Thymoma and Thymic carcinoma
Breast cancer
Gastrointestinal/digestive cancer:
Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor
Esophageal cancer
Adult primary liver cancer
Extrahepatic bile duct cancer
Gall bladder cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Islet Cell Tumors)
Small intestine cancer
Colon cancer
Rectal cancer
Anal cancer
Genito-urinary cancers:
Urethral cancer
Bladder cancer
Penile cancer
Testicular cancer
Prostate cancer
Gynecological cancers:
Ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer
Ovarian low malignant potential tumors
Endometrial cancer
Gestational trophoblastic disease
Cervical cancer
Vaginal cancer
Vulvar cancer
Germ cell cancer:
Childhood Extracranial germ cell tumor
Extragonadal germ cell tumor
Ovarian germ cell tumor
Musculo-skeletal cancer:
Bone cancer
Ewing sarcoma
Osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone
Rhabdomyosarcoma, childhood
Soft tissue sarcoma
Skin cancer:
Skin cancer
Melanoma
Merkel cell carcinoma
Kaposi sarcoma
HIV-related cancer:
AIDS-related lymphoma
Cancer of unknown primaries:
Carcinoma of unknown primary
Leukemia:
Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Lymphoma:
Primary CNS lymphoma
Adult Hodgkin lymphoma
Adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Other types of hematological cancer:
Chromic myeloproliferative neoplasms
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Plasma cell neoplasms
Myeloidysplastic syndrome
Part 4: Cancer Detection And Diagnosis:
Cancer staging
Computed tomography (CT) scans and cancer
Mammograms
BRCA1 and BRCA2: cancer risk and genetic testing
Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes
Pap and HPV testing
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Tests to detect colorectal cancer and polyps
Tumor grade
Tumor markers
Understanding laboratory tests
Part 5: Cancer Treatment:
Chemotherapy:
Questions and answers about chemotherapy
Tips for meeting with your Doctor or Nurse
Your feelings during chemotherapy
Side effects and ways to manage them
Foods to help with side effects
Radiation therapy:
Questions and answers about radiation therapy
External beam radiation therapy
Internal radiation therapy
Your feelings during radiation therapy
Radiation therapy side effects
List of foods and liquids
Biological therapy
Targeted cancer therapies
Hyperthermia in cancer treatment
Lasers in cancer treatment
Photodynamic therapy for cancer
Cancer vaccines
Complementary and alternative therapies for cancer:
Acupuncture
Botanicals/herbal products
Mind-body therapies and massage
Nutritional therapies
Pharmacologic treatments
Cancer treatment scams
Part 6: Copying With Cancer:
Cancer treatment side effects
Cardiopulmonary syndromes
Nutrition in cancer care
Oral complications of chemotherapy and head/neck radiation
Part 7: Research And Clinical Trials:
Cancer clinical trials
Cancer clinical trials at the NIH clinical center
Donating tissues for cancer research
Part 8: Trends And Statistics:
Cancer statistics
Cancer statistics-an overview
Statistic-common caner types
Statistics-age, gender, ethnicity
Cancer health disparities
Part 9: Additional Help And Information:
National organizations offering cancer-related services
Glossary of terms relating to cancer
Index.