Women with Cancer: Psychological Perspectives

I Cancer Description, Incidence, Risk and Mortality, and Prevention.- 1 Common Malignancies Among Women: Sites and Treatment.- Breast Cancer.- Endometrial Cancer.- Cervical Dysplasia and Cancer.- Ovarian Cancer.- Vulvar Neoplasms.- Vaginal Neoplasms.- Colon and Rectal Cancer.- Lung Cancer.- Pancreatic Cancer.- Malignant Melanoma.- Appendix: Cancer and Cancer Treatment.- 2 Epidemiologic Review of Cancer in Women.- Sources of Data on Women with Cancer.- The Epidemiologic Strategy.- Review of Major Disease Sites.- Summary and Future Directions.- 3 Psychological Aspects of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Among Women.- The Early Detection of Breast Cancer.- Prevention of Lung Cancer.- Conclusions.- II Diagnosis and Treatment Distress.- 4 Psychophysiological Comparison Processes: Interpreting Cancer Symptoms.- Psychophysiological Comparison Processes.- Psychophysiological Comparison Processes in Gynecologic Cancer Patients at Diagnosis.- Summary and Future Directions.- 5 Adaptation to Chemotherapy Treatments.- The Patient's Environment.- A Model for Behavior.- A Test of the Model: Representations of Cancer and Chemotherapy Treatment Description of the Chemotherapy Treatment Experience.- Emotional Distress During Treatment.- Summary and Future Directions.- 6 Social Support and Adjustment to Breast Cancer.- The Social Support Construct.- Social Support and Adjustment: The Evidence.- The Support-Adjustment Relationship.- Improving Support Through Intervention.- Summary and Future Directions.- III Reducing Morbidity and Enhancing Survival.- 7 Close Relationships and the Female Cancer Patient.- Conceptualizations of Support and Rejection of Female Cancer Patients.- Relationships in the Families of Female Cancer Patients.- Efforts to Maintain and Enhance Close Relationships for Women with Cancer.- Summary and Future Directions.- 8 Sexual Difficulties for Women Following Cancer Treatment.- Conceptualization of Sexual Difficulties.- Sexual Outcomes Following Cancer Treatment.- Assessment of Sexual Functioning.- Intervention for Sexual Difficulties.- Summary and Future Directions.- 9 Behavior as a Biological Response Modifier: Psychological Variables and Cancer Prognosis.- Behavior and Cancer Progression in Humans: An Overview.- Breast Cancer and Host Response.- Malignant Melanoma.- Animal Studies of Stress, Coping, and Tumor Response.- Summary and Future Directions.- Author Index.