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"What is my prognosis? What are my treatment options? Which therapies would be the most effective for my stage of lung cancer? These and other frequently asked questions are addressed in this crucial reference designed to help patients educate themselves and obtain the best possible treatments. The completely revised second edition has been updated to include a discussion of the movement towards customized chemotherapy; treatment options for early-stage...
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By the dawn of the nineteenth century, tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, ravaging communities and touching the lives of almost every family. The battle against the deadly bacteria had a profound and lasting impact on the country, It shaped medical and scientific pursuits, social habits, economic development, western expansion, and government policy. The story is...
47) Using your lungs
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Our lungs are amazing organs, the stars of the respiratory system! Readers will be fascinated to learn what actually happens in their lungs to make it possible for them to breathe in and out, without even having to think about it.
50) Your lungs
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Describes the different parts of the respiratory system and how they enable you to breathe.
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At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi's health began to falter. He started losing weight and was wracked by waves of excruciating back pain. A CT scan confirmed what Paul, deep down, had suspected: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated. One day, he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next, he was a patient struggling to live. Just like that, the...
53) Your lungs
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Introduces the lungs and their makeup, their function within the respiratory system, asthma, and how to keep lungs healthy.
54) My lungs
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"Simple text and photographs describe human lungs and their function"--Provided by publisher.
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Covering everything from risk factors to living well after treatment, a pocket-sized reference helps patients to make informed decisions and incorporates into the latest edition the most current patient treatment guidelines, recommended questions to ask a health-care team and an advanced glossary of cancer-related terms.