Full title: Children with cancer : a reference guide for parents / Jeanne Munn Bracken.

Author/creator: Bracken, Jeanne Munn.

Date: 2010..

Call Numbers: G 2014/3527

Record Identifier: 74VKOxgODK0d

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xv, 569 p. ; 24 cm., Section I: What we're up against: the diseases -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Genetics of childhood cancer -- 3. Leukemia -- 4. Lymphoma -- 5. Childhood Hodgkin Lympohoma -- 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. Suppporting the child through therapy -- Section III: How to cope -- 23. Emotional aspects of childhood cander -- 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.

Publishers: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [521]-548) and index.

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DDC: 618.92994

MMS ID: 991022651899702626