Cancer

Presents essays discussing cancer, including causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and cures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naff, Clay Farris (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press c2008
Series:Contemporary issues companion
Subjects:

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505 0 |a 1. Skin cancer and sunlight -- 2. Risk factors for lung cancer -- 3. The role of diet and hormones in breast cancer -- 4. Pancreatic cancer and its many symptoms -- 5. Ovarian cancer and the problem of diagnosis -- 6. Cancer of the lymphatic system -- 7. Chemotherapy -- 8. Radiation therapy -- 9. Treating kids with cancer -- 10. New treatments for breast cancer -- 11. Attacking cancer with vitamin therapy -- 12. Prostate cancer and its treatments -- 13. Unconventional cancer treatments -- 14. Losing a womb, gaining a cause -- 15. A parent's perspective -- 16. Finding faith while cancer spreads -- 17. Surviving non-Hodgkins lymphoma -- 18. An Asian American faces breast cancer -- 19. Blogging a battle with cancer 
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