Lung Cancer By Carmen Ferreiro, I. Edward Alcamo

Lung Cancer (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics)
By Carmen Ferreiro, I. Edward Alcamo

Lung cancer—the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lung tissues—is the number one killer among cancer patients: Lung cancer alone accounts for 28.5 percent of all cancer-related deaths. Yet, in over 85 percent of the cases, the disease might have been prevented by eliminating its main cause: smoking. Lung cancer is especially deadly because it has no distinct, exclusive symptoms. And by the time it is detected, the disease is usually too advanced to cure.
This potentially life-saving book offers important details on new methods for early detection, improvements in conventional treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy), and the development of new therapies that specifically target cancer cells.

Publisher: Chelsea House Publications | 112 pages | 2007-01-30 | ISBN-10 / 13: 0791089371 / 9780791089378

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