Cancer Prevention and Early Diagnosis in Women

Description
This resource prepares health care providers in all specialties
related to women뭩 health to assess cancer risks in their
patients, offer contemporary advice on prevention, and prescribe
appropriate screening tests for early diagnosis. It provides
practical guidance for the clinical setting, based on the latest
scientific evidence. Coverage includes the principles of cancer
screening, the most common cancer sites, the ethical and legal
implications of genetic testing, and an evidence-based analysis
of complementary therapies in cancer prevention.



With 17 additional contributors



Key Features

Provides comprehensive coverage of cancer screening, including
principles and terms that are common to the various cancers and
screening strategies ?the benefits and risks of screening ?
and systematic methods for evaluating screening programs.
Devotes individual chapters to nine of the most common cancer
types (lung, breast, colorectal, skin, cervical, vaginal,
vulvar, ovarian, uterine corpus), addressing incidence and
mortality ?risk factors such as age, geographic location,
genetic/familial history, social/ethnic background, and personal
health history, including the effects of HRT, HPV, tamoxifen,
smoking, and more ?and methods for prevention, early
detection, and diagnosis.
Explores the uses and limitations of genetic testing for cancer
susceptibility, and provides an ethical framework for
confronting the emerging ethical, legal, and social concerns
associated with this screening method.
Presents an evidence-based analysis of the anti-carcinogenic
potential of a range of complementary and alternative therapies,
both in general and in relation to specific cancers, using a
well defined literature review methodology and working
definition of complementary and alternative medicine.



Table of Contents
1. Principles of Cancer Screening 2. Cancer of the Lung 3.
Breast Cancer: Risk Factors and Prevention 4. Colorectal Cancer
5. Cancer of the Skin: Nonmelanoma and Melanoma 6. Cervical
Cancer 7. Cancer of the Vagina 8. Cancer of the Vulva 9.
Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer 10. Cancer of
the Uterine Corpus 11. Ethical and Legal Implications of Genetic
Testing 12. Complementary Therapy in Cancer Prevention



Author Information
By Alberto Manetta, MD, Professor, Division of Gynecologic
Oncology, College of Medicine, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA