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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778348603321

Autore

Coleman C. Norman

Titolo

Understanding cancer [[electronic resource] ] : a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / / C. Norman Coleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8954-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

616.99/4

Soggetti

Cancer

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Diagnosis and treatment: what you can expect -- Cancer: where does it come from? -- Diagnostic tests and staging studies: gathering information -- Making decisions about treatment: how success is measured -- Weighing the long-term risks and benefits of treatment -- Conventional treatments: an overview -- Molecular targeted therapy -- Clinical research trials: what they're all about -- Clinical case studies: four patient stories -- Afterword -- Appendix A. cancer molecular biology -- Appendix B. analyzing cost-effectiveness -- Appendix C. patient's checklist.