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

By: Coleman, C. Norman.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: p. cm.ISBN: 0801884179 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0801884187 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Cancer -- Popular worksDDC classification: 616.99/4
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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