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

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Year of Publication:2006
Edition:2nd ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvii, 206 p. :; ill.
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245 1 0 |a Understanding cancer  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment /  |c C. Norman Coleman. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Baltimore :  |b Johns Hopkins University Press,  |c 2006. 
300 |a xvii, 206 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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