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Men's Cancers
How To Prevent Them, How To Treat Them, How To Beat Them
by Pamela J Haylock R.N.

Men's Cancers is a comprehensive guide to the cancers that most commonly affect men, including prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers, as well as rarer malignancies. It is a unique resource for men who have been diagnosed with or are concerned about cancer, and their family members and friends.

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The book also incorporates information on racial and socioeconomic differences in men's cancers, sexual changes related to cancer, and insurance and managed care concerns. An up-to-date resource section provides links to treatment centers, clinics, and informational and therapeutic organizations for further assistance.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pamela J. Haylock earned her BSN from the University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, in 1971 and her MA in Nursing of Adults from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1977.

Since then she has been, among other things, a public health nurse for the Linn County Health Department in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an enterostomal therapy nurse at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and Home Health Care Agency in San Francisco, and an oncology clinical nurse specialist and Director of Oncology and AIDS Services at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. She is presently a cancer care consultant, owner, and partner of Haylock Cantril Associates in Woodside California, providing cancer-specific resources to health care facilities and community organizations for planning cancer care services, cancer program management and implementation, and programs for professional staff development, staff support, and public and professional education.

Haylock is Associate Editor of Oncology Nursing Society Nursing Scan in Oncology and has published numerous articles in medical publications including ONS News, Homecare Therapies for Cancer Patients, Seminars in Oncology Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, and The Aids Forum. She has also taught college-level courses in general health, basic nursing and adult nursing care.

Haylock lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is an active member of both the national and local chapters of the Oncology Nursing Society. She has been the editor of The Nugget, the newsletter of the local ONS chapter, and from 1984 - 1986 was President of the local chapter. She has served on various committees for the national ONS chapter, and has recently been appointed to a 3-year term as Secretary of the national chapter. She is on the board of directors of the
Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, and is a member of the Cancer Center of San Francisco Planning Committee, the Association of Community Cancer Centers, and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.

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