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008 970327s1997 mdua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 _aBuckman, Rob
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245 1 0 _aWhat You Really Need to Know about Cancer :
_ba comprehensive guide for patients and their families /
_cRobert Buckman, in collaboration with the specialists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ; foreward by Robert C. Bast, Jr
264 1 _aBaltimore :
_bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,
_c1997
300 _axviii, 363 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aCanadian edition (Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1995) has same title
504 _aIncludes bibliographical reference (pages 337-340) and index
505 0 _aWhy are we so afraid of cancer? -- What this book is all about -- What is cancer? -- How cancer is caused -- An overview of the most common cancers -- The main types of conventional treatment -- Complementary, alternative, or unconventional treatments -- Cancer, attitudes, and the mind -- Screening, early diagnosis, and prevention -- With so many breakthroughs, why's there no progress? -- Living with cancer -- App.A. Some commonly used medical terms and what they mean -- App.B. Commonly asked questions -- App.C. Further readings and references -- App.D. Other sources of help
520 _aProvides information for patients and their families on the basic facts about cancer and the general principles of treatment, with additional information about specific kinds of cancer, definitions of medical terms, answers to commonly asked questions, further readings and references, and other sources of help
650 0 _aCancer
_vPopular works
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650 2 _aNeoplasms
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655 2 _aPopular Works
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aBuckman, Rob.
_tWhat you really need to know about cancer.
_dBaltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
_w(OCoLC)707603209
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