The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Anal Cancer - A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age (Electronic book text)

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to anal cancer, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on anal cancer. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Anal Cancer: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Anal Cancer; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Anal Cancer; Chapter 5. Books on Anal Cancer; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Anal Cancer; Chapter 7. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 8. Dissertations on Anal Cancer; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; ANAL CANCER GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: anal cancer, anal neoplasm, anus cancer, Cancer of the anus, neoplasm of the anus.