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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, C. Norman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Popular works.

Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Compassionate, accessible, and informative, Understanding Cancer will increase the reader's knowledge of medical concepts and terms so the person with cancer, the family, and the health care team can work together efficiently--and effectively.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8954-5

OCLC:

923193119