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Understanding Cancer
C. Norman Coleman
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Description for Understanding Cancer
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15, 15 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
The greatest need of anyone with cancer is to understand the disease-its diagnosis, treatment options, and the often devastating experience of having cancer. In Understanding Cancer, Dr. C. Norman Coleman explains how to gather information about treatments and how to interpret that information to make decisions. He helps the person with cancer prepare for visits to doctors and the hospital and to make those visits as productive as possible. He distills the often complex medical terms and concepts underlying the statistics and percentages used to characterize medical conditions. With clear, in-depth discussions of pretreatment staging of disease, the biology ... Read more
The greatest need of anyone with cancer is to understand the disease-its diagnosis, treatment options, and the often devastating experience of having cancer. In Understanding Cancer, Dr. C. Norman Coleman explains how to gather information about treatments and how to interpret that information to make decisions. He helps the person with cancer prepare for visits to doctors and the hospital and to make those visits as productive as possible. He distills the often complex medical terms and concepts underlying the statistics and percentages used to characterize medical conditions. With clear, in-depth discussions of pretreatment staging of disease, the biology ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884184
SKU
V9780801884184
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99-50
About C. Norman Coleman
C. Norman Coleman, M.D., is associate director of the Radiation Oncology Sciences Program at the National Cancer Institute. He is a senior medical expert at the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and author of over two hundred scientific papers. Understanding Cancer is independent of his work at the National Cancer Institute. ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding Cancer
Cancer patients who want to be fully informed participants in their own health care will find this a valuable handbook. Publishers Weekly Well written and informative.
Susan Walker International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2007 This well written, up-to-date book is concise and easy to read and understand. Written in everyday language without being overly simplistic, the book ... Read more
Susan Walker International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2007 This well written, up-to-date book is concise and easy to read and understand. Written in everyday language without being overly simplistic, the book ... Read more