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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454380203321

Autore

Adrouny A. Richard <1952->

Titolo

Understanding colon cancer [[electronic resource] /] / A. Richard Adrouny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2002

ISBN

9786612485084

1-60473-037-4

1-282-48508-3

Descrizione fisica

xi, 146 p. : ill

Collana

Understanding health and sickness series

Disciplina

616.99/4347

Soggetti

Colon (Anatomy) - Cancer

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Who gets colon cancer and why -- The colon -- How colon cancer develops -- The "look" of colon cancer -- The "feel" of colon cancer  -- Stages and prognosis of colon cancer -- Surgical treatment of colon cancer -- Treatment of later stages of colon cancer -- Prevention -- The future.