Melanoma Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

Name: Melanoma Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
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ISBN: 9780300107258

ISBN-10: 0300107250

ISBN-13: 9780300107258

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Catherine M. Poole, DuPont Guerry

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The incidence of melanoma has increased by 2000% since 1930, and one person dies each hour from the disease. This cutting-edge guide provides scientifically accurate information patients and their families need in order to understand melanoma and its treatment and to receive vital reassurance. It is also a resource for those who want information about preventing the disease or finding it early when it is most curable. Catherine M. Poole, a melanoma survivor and melanoma patient advocate for many national organizations, and Dr. DuPont Guerry, an internationally renowned melanoma expert, have collaborated to provide current, correct, and easily understood information on the disease. The…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface to the second edition




Close encounters with melanoma



What is melanoma?



Who gets melanoma and why?



Early detection of melanoma



If you have melanoma



When melanoma metastasizes



Tending to your spirits



Future promise : prevention of melanoma



Cancer centers and melanoma specialists



Support services and resource Websites



AJCC staging guidelines