CANCER PREVENTION AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS IN WOMEN

Physicians specializing in gynecology, obstetrics, radiology, oncology, and other fields address a variety of issues relating to women's health. Nine chapters cover specific cancers: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, ovarian, skin, uterine corpus, vaginal, and vulvar--in each case exploring incidence and mortality, associated risk factors, methods of prevention, early detection, and diagnosis. Also covered are age-related incidence, geographic distribution, genetic and familial risk factors, and social and ethnic group effects. Final chapters explore ethical and legal dimensions of genetic testing used to prevent hereditary disease and present an evidence-based analysis of complementary therapies in cancer prevention.