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