Understanding cancer : a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment /
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, MD :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Clinical research trials : what they're all about
- Clinical case studies : four patient stories