Children with cancer : a reference guide for parents /
"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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Edición: | Rev. & updated ed. |
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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.