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Fighting cancer with knowledge & hope : a guide for patients, families, and health care providers
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- ISBN: 9780300190618
- ISBN: 0300190611
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Physical Description:
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xxii, 306 pages : ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1 Exposing cancer : 1. First steps -- 2. What is cancer? -- 3. Diagnosis, staging, curability -- 4. Understanding specific cancers -- 5. Why cancer develops -- Part 2 Attacking cancer : 6. How cancer grows: the basis of cancer treatment -- 7. Cancer treatments revolve around metastasis -- 8. Cancer treatments at work -- 9. Personalized cancer medicine : tailoring treatments to the patient -- 10. Harnessing the immune system -- 11. Get prepared to survive -- Appendix 1 Types of cancer medicine -- Appendix 2 For more information -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
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Subject: | Cancer Cancer -- Treatment Cancer -- Patients -- Psychology |