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UNINA9910459580603321 |
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Falk Stephen A. <1945-> |
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Lung cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Falk and Chris Williams |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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1-283-57953-7 |
9786613891983 |
0-19-157596-8 |
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[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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WilliamsC. J (Christopher John Hacon) |
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Lungs - Cancer |
Cancer |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Contents; Part 1 About lung cancer; 1 What is lung cancer?; 2 Who gets lung cancer?; 3 What causes lung cancer?; 4 Stopping smoking; 5 How lung cancer is diagnosed; 6 Tests used to stage lung cancer; Part 2 Treatment; 7 Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer; 8 Treatment of small cell lung cancer; 9 Treatment of other lung tumours; 10 Other methods of treatment; 11 Treatment of the symptoms and complications of lung cancer; Part 3 Dealing with lung cancer; 12 Getting the best treatment; 13 Living with lung cancer; 14 Clinical trials; 15 Future prospects in lung cancer |
Appendix: Sources of help, information, and adviceGlossary; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Lung cancer is the most common cancer affecting the industrialized world and affects the lives of thousands of people, including patients' friends and family, every year. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke. The occurrence of lung cancer in nonsmokers, who account for as many as 15% of cases, is often attributed to a combination of genetic factors, radon gas, asbestos, and air pollution, including secondhand smoke. The aim of this book is to give, in a clear and simple way, succinct information |
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about all aspects of this type of cancer, with a stress on t |
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UNINA9910797979503321 |
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Autore |
Goldberg Denis |
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A life for freedom : the mission to end racial injustice in South Africa / / Denis Goldberg ; foreword by Z. Pallo Jordan |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (499 p.) |
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Race discrimination - South Africa |
South Africa Politics and government 1948-1994 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / by Z. Pallo Jordan -- Preface -- 1. The mission : break down the walls -- 2. Respect for all : childhood in Cape Town, 1933-1949 -- 3. University -- 4. Political activity, 1953-1964 -- 5. Last resort : armed resistance -- 6. Underground in Johannesburg : May-July 1963 -- 7. Arrest at Liliesleaf -- 8. The Rivonia trial -- 9. Emotional desert : prison, 1963-1985 -- 10. Problems of imprisonment -- 11. The escape -- 12. More about prison -- 13. A negotiated release, 1985 -- 14. Out of prison : life number 6; born 28 February 1985 as a free person -- 15. New activist : London--Lusaka--Dar es Salaam -- 16. The world is my oyster : life number 7, 1985-1994 -- 17. T-shirts, music, and more solidarity -- 18. Training in Asia : Commonwealth Secretariat Study Program -- 19. Affairs of the heart and community H.E.A.R.T. : life number 8 -- 20. Life number 9, 2002-2014 -- 21. Last thoughts--for now : 2015 -- Appendix 1. Torture and the future -- Appendix 2. Time line of South African history -- Appendix 3. The Freedom Charter. |
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From June 1963 to October 1964, ten antiapartheid activists were tried at South Africa's Pretoria Supreme Court. Standing among the accused |
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with Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, and Walter Sisulu was Denis Goldberg. Charged under the Sabotage and Suppression of Communism Acts for "campaigning to overthrow the government by violent revolution," Goldberg was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The only white man convicted during the infamous Rivonia trial, he played a historic role in the struggle for justice in South Africa. In this remarkable autobiography, Goldberg discusses growing up acutely aware of the injustice permeating his homeland. He joined the South African Communist Party and helped found the Congress of Democrats. It was his role as an officer in the armed underground wing of the African National Congress (ANC), however, that led to his life sentence--the outcome of which was a staggering twenty-two years behind bars. While he was incarcerated, the racist dogma of apartheid imposed complete separation from his black comrades and colleagues, a segregation that denied him both the companionship and the counsel of his fellow accused. Recounted with humor and humility, Goldberg's story not only provides a sweeping overview of life in South Africa both during and after apartheid, but also illuminates the experiences of the activists and oppressors whose fates were bound together. |
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