Cancer Treatment Drugs

Hecht, Alan

ISBN 10: 1604135352 ISBN 13: 9781604135350

Casa editrice: Chelsea House Pub, 2010

Riassunto

There were an estimated 1.5 million new cases of cancer in the U.S. in 2008, according to the American Cancer Society. In addition to surgery and radiation treatments, anti-cancer drugs are an important part of fighting cancer. Also referred to as chemotherapy, cancer treatment drugs work by killing or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Because cancer takes a wide variety of forms, many different drugs are used to treat it, and some are designed to combat specific cancer types. This book explains how cancer drugs work and looks at the ongoing effort to develop new and better anti-cancer drugs.

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Understanding Drugs provides a fact-based look at many of drugs that teens encounter, explains how they work, and identifies the risks and benefits of using them. Each title spotlights a drug of abuse or a treatment drug. Written in straightforward language, the books break down the biological and chemical processes relevant to each drug, explains the history of the drug, discusses the risks of using or abusing it, and guides readers toward reliable help for dealing with a drug-related problem. The Understanding Drugs series provides concise guides for high school students to the science, history, social issues, and health issues connected to common legal and illegal drugs.

This series is appropriate for high school students, health teachers, and counselors.

Dramatic "you-are-there" case studies help show how drugs impact on real life, and sidebars offer supplementary facts, compelling statistics, and historical information.

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• Editore: Chelsea House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1604135352
• ISBN 13: 9781604135350
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 134