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D., Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

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Cancer experts from the renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have compiled this excellent, comprehensive text that intelligently explains why we fear cancer and what it is... Cancer screening, early diagnosis, prevention, terminology and research breakthroughs are also presented in a remarkably clear manner in this authoritative cancer reference resource. Library Journal

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Are We So Afraid Of Cancer?
Chapter 1. What This Book Is All About
Chapter 2. What Is Cancer?
Chapter 3. How Cancer Is Caused
Chapter 4. An Overview Of The Most Common Cancers
Chapter 5. The Main Types Of Conventional Treatment
Chapter 6. Complementary, Alternative, Or Unconventional Treatments
Chapter 7. Cancer, Attitudes, And The Mind
Chapter 8. Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Prevention
Chapter 9. With So Many Breakthroughs, Why's There No Progress?
Chapter 10. Living With Cancer
Conclusion
Appendix A: Some Commonly Used Medical Terms and What They Mean
Appendix B: Commonly Asked Questions
Appendix C: Further Readings and References
Appendix D: Other Sources of Help
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/12/1997
      ISBN13: 9780801855948, 978-0801855948
      ISBN10: 0801855942
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      D., Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

      Trade Review
      Cancer experts from the renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have compiled this excellent, comprehensive text that intelligently explains why we fear cancer and what it is... Cancer screening, early diagnosis, prevention, terminology and research breakthroughs are also presented in a remarkably clear manner in this authoritative cancer reference resource. Library Journal

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Why Are We So Afraid Of Cancer?
      Chapter 1. What This Book Is All About
      Chapter 2. What Is Cancer?
      Chapter 3. How Cancer Is Caused
      Chapter 4. An Overview Of The Most Common Cancers
      Chapter 5. The Main Types Of Conventional Treatment
      Chapter 6. Complementary, Alternative, Or Unconventional Treatments
      Chapter 7. Cancer, Attitudes, And The Mind
      Chapter 8. Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Prevention
      Chapter 9. With So Many Breakthroughs, Why's There No Progress?
      Chapter 10. Living With Cancer
      Conclusion
      Appendix A: Some Commonly Used Medical Terms and What They Mean
      Appendix B: Commonly Asked Questions
      Appendix C: Further Readings and References
      Appendix D: Other Sources of Help
      Index

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