Cancer Dictionary - Hardcover

ALTMAN, R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816026084 ISBN 13: 9780816026081

Publisher: FACTS ON FILE, 1992

Synopsis

This award-winning A-to-Z reference provides the clear and concise information that cancer patients and their families need. The Cancer Dictionary contains more than 2,500 definitions including:

Individual cancers Their causes, incidence levels, stages, and treatment Diagnostic tests Cancer symptoms Surgical procedures Types of radiation therapy Risk factors, prevention, and more.

Co-authored by a former cancer patient and the associate chief oncologist at St. Vincents Hospital in New York, this easy-access guide clears up some of the confusion that surrounds this disease.

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Reviews

In writing this book, Altman, a former cancer patient and author of The Complete Book of Home Environmental Hazards ( LJ 6/1/90), and Sarg, the associate chief of the Oncology Section at New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital, sought to compile all the terms the average cancer patient might encounter during the course of his or her illness and to define them in language a lay reader could understand. They have succeeded admirably in transforming the technical and frightening terminology of cancer into understandable and less intimidating terms. Arranged in an alphabetical format, their dictionary contains over 2500 entries for types of cancer, drug therapies, surgical procedures, and other cancer treatments. Risk factors, diagnostic tests and procedures, and other terms related to cancer are also included. The volume is extensively cross-referenced and also has appendixes for support groups, comprehensive cancer centers, and clinical trials cooperative groups. Recommended for all public libraries and libraries with consumer health collections.
- Kathleen McQuiston, Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy & Science
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: FACTS ON FILE
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0816026084
• ISBN 13: 9780816026081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334