Cancer

Presents essays discussing cancer, including causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and cures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naff, Clay Farris (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press c2008
Series:Contemporary issues companion
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Skin cancer and sunlight
  • 2. Risk factors for lung cancer
  • 3. The role of diet and hormones in breast cancer
  • 4. Pancreatic cancer and its many symptoms
  • 5. Ovarian cancer and the problem of diagnosis
  • 6. Cancer of the lymphatic system
  • 7. Chemotherapy
  • 8. Radiation therapy
  • 9. Treating kids with cancer
  • 10. New treatments for breast cancer
  • 11. Attacking cancer with vitamin therapy
  • 12. Prostate cancer and its treatments
  • 13. Unconventional cancer treatments
  • 14. Losing a womb, gaining a cause
  • 15. A parent's perspective
  • 16. Finding faith while cancer spreads
  • 17. Surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma
  • 18. An Asian American faces breast cancer
  • 19. Blogging a battle with cancer