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Understanding cancer : a patient's guide to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment /
In this edition, Dr. Coleman describes new treatments that target specific types of cancer as well as treatments that are designed for a particular individual. He also discusses the era of molecular medicine, including biomarkers, novel imaging, molecular signatures and profiling, and molecular-targ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.