Fighting cancer with knowledge & hope [electronic resource] : a guide for patients, families, and health care providers / Richard C. Frank ; illustrations by Gail V. Parsons.
Series: Yale University Press health & wellnessPublication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2009.Description: xviii, 257 pISBN:- 9780300151022 (paperbound alk. paper)
- 0300151020 (paperbound alk. paper)
- 9780300149265 (clothbound alk. paper)
- 0300149263 (clothbound alk. paper)
- 9780300156652 (e-book)
- Fighting cancer with knowledge and hope
- 616.99/4 22
- RC263 .F695 2009eb

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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.