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

By: Coleman, C. Norman.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvii, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Cancer -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.99/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]) 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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.