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• Title:The cancer treatment revolution : how smart drugs and other new therapies are renewing our hope and changing the face of medicine / David G. Nathan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Nathan, David G., 1929-
  
• Published/Created:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ201 .N38 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Patients.
  Cancer--Treatment--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Neoplasms--therapy--Popular Works.
  
• Description:x, 262 p. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
  
• ISBN:0471946540 (cloth)
  9780471946540 (cloth)
  
• Contents:Introduction : the nature of the beast
  Mario's story
  1. first hours
  2. plan
  3. Leukemia and cancer chemotherapy
  4. final treatment plan for Mario
  5. risk of chemotherapy resistance
  6. Three critical smart drugs : nursing care, psychology, and social work
  7. Mario's future
  Joan's story
  8. pleasant summer day
  9. Bad news
  10. initial plan
  11. surgical plan
  12. medical plan
  13. baton is passed
  14. consequences of therapy
  15. future of epithelial cancer therapy
  Ken's story
  16. explosion
  17. Cancerous hens and constipated mice
  18. Triumph and tragedy
  19. search for more smart drugs.