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From Library Journal This thorough guide covers breast, cervical, ovarian, uterine, and vaginal cancers in depth, discussing prevention, diagnosis, and traditional as well as alternative therapies. The authors, both oncology nurses, seek to empower and encourage women to be assertive healthcare consumers. With cancer affecting one in four families in the United States today and the incidence of women's cancers rapidly increasing, there's certainly a need for titles in this field. While Women and Cancer (Harrington Park Pr., 1987) discusses survival and gender behaviors, and Women with Cancer (Springer-Verlag, 1986) covers psychological aspects, Women's Cancers is fully comprehensive, helpful to patients and healthcare workers alike. Recommended.- Janet M. Coggan, Univ. of Florida Libs., GainesvilleCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review This comprehensive, well-organized and easily understood book explains breast and gynecological cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Written by two women oncology nurses, one of whom is a cancer survivor, I found it to be a warm and empathetic guide for women entering the frightening maelstrom of information gathering and decision making that a diagnosis of cancer brings. The inclusion of an extensive glossary of medical terminology is especially helpful, as is the excellent list of organizations and thorough bibliography provided. I would have liked to have seen such common cancers as lung and skin cancer discussed in a book titled Women's Cancers, but was impressed by their excellent coverage of the often neglected gynecological cancers. They include helpful information on how to choose a doctor and put together a health care team, including lists of questions to ask about specific cancers. Best of all, they exude a positive and hopeful attitude about cancer that encourages the reader to plan for life after cancer. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by PCP Excerpt. -¬ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Cancer is a thoroughly nasty disease-and the conventional medical treatments for it will not win any popularity prizes either. It is a tradeoff: if we choose to undergo the discomfort of a cancer treatment now, it is because we think there is a good chance we will be better off in the long run. The therapies we have now for cancer are tolerable, and may be worth enduring if they cure the disease or make it better.