100 Questions & Answers About Cervical Cancer - Couverture souple

Dizon, Don S.; Krychman, Michael L.; DiSilvestro, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0763754471 ISBN 13 : 9780763754471

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The only text to provide both the patientfs and doctorfs views, Questions amp Answers About Cervical Cancer aims to provide a much needed primer for patients and their families and aims to address the questions most relevant to a woman following a diagnosis of pre-invasive changes or invasive cervical cancer. This text gives up-to-date, authoritative, practical answers to your questions about cervical cancer not only the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, but also female survivorship. This is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.Among the Questions asked in this text are:-What does it mean to have early invasive cervical cancer?-What is the prognosis for women whose disease is advanced?-What should I know about my general health maintenance?-What is the cervical cancer vaccine?

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Don S. Dizon is a Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He is a medical oncologist specializing in breast and pelvic malignancies, survivorship (particularly as it pertains to sexual health for men and women with cancer), patient engagement, and social media. He grew up on the Pacific Island of Guam and completed undergraduate and medical school at the University of Rochester in New York. He trained in Internal Medicine at Yale New-Haven Hospital and completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. He serves as the Director of Women's Cancers and Director of Hematology-Oncology clinics at Lifespan Cancer Institute and Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. Additionally, he leads Community Outreach and Engagement for The Cancer Center at Brown University and serves as Chair of Digital Engagement for SWOG Oncology Research Network and Co-Chief Medical Officer of the Global Cancer Institute. He writes an online column for the journal, The Oncologist, and for ASCO Connection. Dr. Dizon is a founding member of the Collaboration for Outcomes Using Social Media in Oncology and is active on many platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Follow him @drdonsdizon.

Michael L. Krychman, MD, FACOG, is the Medical Director of Sexual Medicine at Hoag Hospital, and the Executive Director of the Southern California Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship Medicine, both located in Newport Beach, CA. He is presently Associate Clinical Attending at the University of Southern California and the University of California Irvine. He is the former Co-Director of The Sexual Medicine and Rehabilitation Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.Dr. Krychman holds licenses from 3 states (CA, PA, NY), and is a board certified OB/GYN. He is a clinical sexologist and AASECT-certified sexual counselor, with a Masters in Public Health and Human Sexuality.Dr. Krychman is on the editorial board for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Current Sexual Medicine Report, and is an associate editor for Sexuality for The Female Patient. In addition to these two outstanding books, Dr. Krychman is coauthor of 100 Questions & Answers About Cervical Cancer (also published by Jones & Bartlett Learning), and has written numerous chapters for leading sexual medicine textbooks.Dr. Krychman's clinical interests include breast cancer sexuality, the impact of chronic medical diseases like hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease health and its implications on sexual function. He also has a focus on the impact of sexuality and overall quality of life.

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Brown Medical School

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0763754471
• ISBN 13: 9780763754471
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible