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Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawi...

Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Cathe...

Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawi...

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Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawings by David Low.

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Full title

Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawings by David Low.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2005.

Call Numbers

N616.99477/15

Record Identifier

74VKd8k35Rgl

MMS ID

991020040469702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xv, 187 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Contents

Preface to the second edition / DuPont Guerry IV -- 1. Close encounters with melanoma -- 2. What is melanoma? -- 3. Who gets melanoma and why? -- 4. Early detection of melanoma -- 5. If you have melanoma -- 6. When melanoma metastasizes -- 7. Tending to your spirits -- 8. Future promise : prevention...

Publication information

Publisher

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2005.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

c2005.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The incidence of melanoma has increased by 2000 percent since 1930, and one person dies each hour from the disease. This guide provides scientifically accurate information to patients and their families, helping them to understand melanoma and its treatment and to receive necessary reassurance. It is also an important resource for those who want i...

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Full title

Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawings by David Low.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Yale University Press health & wellness.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2005.

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Call Numbers

N616.99477/15

Record Identifier

74VKd8k35Rgl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKd8k35Rgl

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ISBN

0300107250 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780300107258 (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC

616.99477

MMS ID

991020040469702626

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