A Conspiracy of Cells
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Text for cancer patients on cancer: what it is, how do you get it, what is known about tumor biology, what are successful treatments, what... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0306445069
ISBN13:9780306445064
Release Date:August 1993
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:427 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
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a lucid cancer biology course
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Technical and oriented to understanding cancer, not understanding the existential side of a cancer diagnosis. You have to have a smidgen of cell biology and genetics to really get into it, but it's pretty readable for a technical book. In it I found the most revealing explanation of how cancers form, grow and spread that I've encountered. Steen deals with cancer in general and from there takes you through the "natural history" (i.e. how it forms, grows, spreads) of all of the major types. After reading this, you'll understand why doctors make the sorts of decisions they make and why one person's cancer treatment may differ from another person's. The publication date (1993) should tell you that some information on treatments may be out of date. Will appeal to educated people obsessed with the details.
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