Includes index.

Part I Is It Cancer? -- Chapter 1 Cancer Basics 3 -- Chapter 2 Cancer Causes and Risks 17 -- Chapter 3 Signs and Symptoms 35 -- Chapter 4 Detecting Cancer Early 44 -- Chapter 5 Diagnostic Tests 76 -- Part II When the Diagnosis Is Cancer -- Chapter 6 Cancer Care: A Team Approach 97 -- Chapter 7 Getting a Second Opinion 122 -- Chapter 8 Your Support Network 129 -- Part III Treatment Strategies -- Chapter 9 Principles of Treatment 145 -- Chapter 10 Surgery 159 -- Chapter 11 Radiation Therapy 171 -- Chapter 12 Chemotherapy 191 -- Chapter 13 Biological Therapies 215 -- Chapter 14 Stem Cell Transplants 229 -- Chapter 15 Combination Treatments 247 -- Chapter 16 Investigational Treatments 256 -- Chapter 17 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 268 -- Part IV Living with Cancer -- Chapter 18 Food and Nutrition 291 -- Chapter 19 Physical Activity 307 -- Chapter 20 Body Image and Self-Esteem 319 -- Chapter 21 Sexuality 333 -- Chapter 22 Managing Disabilities and Limitations 357 -- Chapter 23 Pain Challenge 376 -- Chapter 24 Fatigue 405 -- Chapter 25 Cancer Emergencies 411 -- Chapter 26 Coping with Your Cancer 422 -- Chapter 27 Coping with Stress, Fear, Anxiety, and Depression 438 -- Chapter 28 Issues for Families and Friends 461 -- Chapter 29 Financial Costs 478 -- Part V Advancing Illness -- Chapter 30 Metastasis and Recurrence 499 -- Chapter 31 Care at the End of Life 507 -- Part VI Overview of Specific Cancers -- AIDS-Related Cancers 535 -- Blood and Lymph 541 -- Bone and Connective Tissue 561 -- Breast 569 -- Central Nervous System 576 -- Childhood Cancers 582 -- Digestive Tract 616 -- Endocrine 636 -- Eye 645 -- Female Reproductive Tract 649 -- Head and Neck 668 -- Lung 680 -- Male Reproductive Tract 685 -- Skin 697 -- Urinary Tract 705.