- Bib ID:
- 2255818
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Whitehouse, Michael
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996
- xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0192616951
- Series:
-
- Facts (Oxford, England)
- Oxford medical publications.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Jose Carreras
- 1. What is cancer?
- 2. History
- 3. Some cancer statistics
- 4. Screening for cancer
- 5. How do cancers cause symptoms?
- 6. Tests for cancer and how cancer is investigated
- 7. Treatments for cancer. Surgery. Radiotherapy. Chemotherapy. Bone marrow and stem cell transplants
- 8. Cancers by site of origin. Head and neck. Salivary glands. Eyes. Thyroid. Brain. Lung. Breast. Ovary. Cervix. Uterus. Oesophagus. Stomach. Bowel. Pancreas. Liver. Adrenal. Kidney. Bladder. Prostate. Urethra. Penis. Testis. Bone. Soft tissue. Skin. Lymphomas. Myeloma. Leukaemias. Childhood cancers
- 9. Quality of life during cancer treatment
- 10. Living with advanced cancer
- 11. Complementary medicine in cancer care / Tim Sheard.
- Notes:
-
- Previous ed. by Ronald Bodley Scott.
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Cancer -- Popular works
- Other authors/contributors:
- Slevin, Maurice L
- Copyright:
-
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