Montz, Fredrick J.

A guide to survivorship for women with ovarian cancer / F.J. Montz, Robert E. Bristow with assistance from Paula J. Anastasia. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005. - x, 209 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

0801880904 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801880912 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004019610


Ovaries--Cancer--Popular works.

RC280.O8 / M66 2005

616.99/465