Cancer
No. 46 MAY 2014
In a language accessible to people without medical training, this book seeks to answer the basic questions of the world of oncology. What is cancer? How many different cancer diseases fall under the general heading of «cancer»? How does cancer develop from precancerous lesions? Why is cancer increasing worldwide? In cancer, what is hereditary and what is environmental? What role does our behaviour play in the occurrence of cancer? In the second part of the work, the answers to these questions are used to go from thought to action: How do you prevent cancer? How is cancer diagnosed in the early stages? How are patients treated? While stressing the need to focus on prevention and early diagnosis, the answer to the big question – Is there a cure for cancer? – and, fortunately, this is increasingly in the affirmative.
In a language accessible to people without medical training, this book seeks to answer the basic questions of the world of oncology. What is cancer? How many different cancer diseases fall under the general heading of «cancer»? How does cancer develop from precancerous lesions? Why is cancer increasing worldwide? In cancer, what is hereditary and what is environmental? What role does our behaviour play in the occurrence of cancer? In the second part of the work, the answers to these questions are used to go from thought to action: How do you prevent cancer? How is cancer diagnosed in the early stages? How are patients treated? While stressing the need to focus on prevention and early diagnosis, the answer to the big question – Is there a cure for cancer? – and, fortunately, this is increasingly in the affirmative.
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Dimensions
10 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-8662-59-0
Book available only in Portuguese
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