Understanding Cancer: A Scientific and Clinical Guide for the Layperson

by Peter A. Dervan

This is a comprehensive overview of cancer, explaining how it grows and spreads in language that anyone can understand. Written for readers even with no medical background or formal knowledge of biology, it offers a clear description of the abnormal mechanisms underlying the progression of cancer, and contrasts these with the normal growth of cells. Also described are all the major types of cancer and the clinical and scientific features of malignancy.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786406283
• ISBN13: 9780786406289
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher