Cancer explained : causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention / by Anthony S-Y Leong in conjunction with G-W Leong ; foreword by Barrie Vernon-Roberts
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
Information About
Written by one of Australia's most eminent cancer experts and his wife, this book addresses the nature of cancer, its causes, its different forms, methods for its detection, its behaviour, various forms of treatment and their side effects, the prevention of cancer, and ways in which the symptoms and problems associated with incurable cancer can be relieved by sympathetic palliative care.
Additional Details
- Title
- Cancer explained : causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention / by Anthony S-Y Leong in conjunction with G-W Leong ; foreword by Barrie Vernon-Roberts
- Creators
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- Leong, Anthony S.-Y. (Anthony Siew-Yin), 1945-
- Subject
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- Cancer--Diagnosis
- Cancer--Prevention
- Cancer--Treatment
- Publisher
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- P G Pub.,
- National Library Board Singapore,
- Contributors
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- Leong, G. W.
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cancer — What is it? -- 3. Cancer — Who gets it? -- 4. Cancer — What causes it? -- 5. Cancer — Where does it occur? -- 6. Cancer — What does it do? -- 7. Cancer — How is it detected? -- 8. Cancer — How is it treated? -- 9. Cancer — Can it be cured? -- 10. Cancer — Can it be prevented? -- 11. Incurable cancer — Palliative care -- Appendix -- Index.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.