Screen LibraryA guide to survivorship for women with ovarian cancer
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 209 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0801880904 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801880902 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801880912 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801880919 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R737 |
| CLC: | R737.31 |
| Call Number: | R737.31/M814 |
| Contents: |
Includes index. List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction: essential concepts -- What is ovarian cancer? -- Surgery -- Chemotherapy -- The side effects of chemotherapy -- Radiation therapy -- Nutrition -- Controlling pain and suffering -- Complementary and alternative medicine therapies -- Image recovery -- Taking care of social needs -- Recurrent disease -- Decisions at the end of life -- Death and the process of dealing with loss -- Survivorship -- Resources -- Index. |