Understanding cancer a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment /
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| Formato: | Recurso Eletrônico livro eletrônico |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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| Edição: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acesso em linha: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sumário:
- 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.