Sarg and Gross present a revised reference text for cancer patients and their families designed to provide much-needed basic information to allay most common fears and address everyday concerns. Updated throughout, the latest edition of the A-to-Z text contains some 2,500 definitions and terms on cancers, their causes, stages, and treatments; diagnostic tests, therapies, and risk factors; advances in radiation treatments, chemotherapy, and pain management; current information on surgical procedures; and prevention, vaccines, and new findings on hard-to-treat cancers. It also includes appendixes on national organizations for cancer research and clinical care centers by state. Sarg practices oncology at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City; Gross is a medical writer specializing in gerontology and head of a New York-based healthcare communications firm.(Search Catalog)
