Understanding cancer therapies [[electronic resource] /] / Helen S.L. Chan
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Chan Helen S. L
|
| Titolo: |
Understanding cancer therapies [[electronic resource] /] / Helen S.L. Chan
|
| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.99/406 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cancer - Treatment |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Overview on cancer therapies -- How cancer therapy is determined -- How chemotherapy works -- Surgical oncology -- Radiation therapy -- Biologic and other therapies -- Therapies for childhood cancer -- Therapies for cancer in adults -- Search for cures. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Cancer is one of the world's most dreaded diseases. Yet the past two decades have seen major revolutions in cancer therapy and steadily growing hopes for a cure. This book, written in easily understood language, provides an extensive look at the way medical professionals are treating the disease today. Chapters provide: Rationale and principles integral to disease management; Biological basis for different therapies; Explanations of the protocols behind radiation, chemotherapy, drug treatments, and surgery; Logic behind therapies chosen for such different kinds of cancer as leukemia, lymphoma, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding cancer therapies |
| ISBN: | 1-283-01812-8 |
| 9786613018120 | |
| 1-60473-951-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791681903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Understanding health and sickness series.