Understanding cancer [[electronic resource] ] : a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / / C. Norman Coleman
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Coleman C. Norman
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| Titolo: |
Understanding cancer [[electronic resource] ] : a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / / C. Norman Coleman
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.99/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cancer |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding cancer |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-8954-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778348603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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