Basics of oncology /

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Author / Creator:Stephens, Fred, author.
Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2015]
©2016
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11251393
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Other authors / contributors:Aigner, K. (Karl), 1947- author.
ISBN:9783319233680
3319233688
9783319233673
331923367X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 23, 2015).
Summary:This book provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific, and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments, and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed. This second edition includes a number of updates, especially concerning personalized medicine and regional chemotherapy. The reader will acquire a clear understanding of how and why people develop cancer, how the body reacts to cancer, what can be done to prevent the disease, and how the various cancers are best diagnosed and treated. Basics of Oncology will serve as a sound platform for the more detailed or specific studies that may be needed in different areas of practice. It will be invaluable for students of medicine, nurse oncologists, students of medical sciences, and other health professionals in all parts of the world.
Other form:Print version: Stephens, Fred. Basics of oncology. Second edition. Cham : Springer, [2015] 331923367X 9783319233673
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-23368-0