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"Children with Cancer draws together a wealth of up-to-date information essential for anyone who wishes to help a child or family through this ordeal--including relatives, friends, teachers, and clergymen, as well as doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals"--Provided by publis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bracken, Jeanne Munn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edición:Rev. & updated ed.
Temas:
Cancer in children > Popular works.
Children.
Infants.
Neoplasms
Adolescent
Child
Infant
Cancer chez l'enfant > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Enfants.
Nourrissons.
children (people by age group)
infants.
MEDICAL > Pediatrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Children's Health.
Infants
Children
Cancer in children
Popular Work
Popular works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I: What we're up against: the diseases
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Genetics of childhood cancer
  • 3. Leukemia
  • 4. Lymphoma
  • 5. Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma
  • 6. Neuroblastoma
  • 7. Wilms tumor
  • 8. Bone cancers
  • 9. Brain and central nervous system tumors
  • 10. Retinoblastoma 11. Soft tissue sarcoma
  • 12. Germ cell tumors
  • 13. Testicular cancer
  • 14. Rare cancers of childhood
  • Section II: What we can do about childhood cancer: the treatments
  • 15. Introduction to childhood cancer therapy
  • 16. Surgery
  • 17. Radiation
  • 18. Chemotherapy
  • 19. Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplants
  • 20. New and experimental treatments
  • 21. Alternative and complementary treatments
  • 22. Supporting the child through therapy
  • Section III: How to cope
  • 23. Emotional aspects of childhood cancer
  • 24. Siblings, other family, and friends
  • 25. Handling medical problems at home
  • 26. Money matters
  • 27. The patient at the clinic and in the hospital
  • 28. Rights and responsibilities
  • 29. The patient at school
  • 30. The adolescent cancer patient
  • 31. The survivors
  • 32. Death
  • 33. Using the internet
  • Appendices: (A) Clinics and local organizations in the United States and Canada
  • (B) Organizations in the United States and Canada
  • (C) Organizations and clinics outside the United States
  • (D) Medical tests
  • Glossary of terms and common abbreviations.

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