Fighting cancer with knowledge & hope a guide for patients, families, and health care providers / [electronic resource] :
Fighting cancer with knowledge and hope
Richard C. Frank ; illustrations by Gail V. Parsons.
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2009.
- xviii, 257 p.
- Yale University Press health & wellness .
- Yale University Press health & wellness. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
Understanding cancer -- Diagnosis, staging, curability -- Understanding specific cancers -- Why cancer develops -- How cancer grows : the basis of cancer treatments -- Cancer treatments revolve around metastasis -- Cancer treatments at work -- Get prepared to survive.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.