Understanding cancer therapies [electronic resource] / Helen S.L. Chan.
Series: Understanding health and sickness seriesPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 213 pISBN:- 1578066883 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781578066889 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1578066891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781578066896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 616.99/406 22
- RC263 .C424 2007eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Overview on cancer therapies -- How cancer therapy is determined -- How chemotherapy works -- Surgical oncology -- Radiation therapy -- Biologic and other therapies -- Therapies for childhood cancer -- Therapies for cancer in adults -- Search for cures.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.