Lung cancer is primarily a disease of well-developed affluent countries. It is by far the most common cancer in men and is poised to overtake breast cancer as the most common cancer in women. Yet, although it is common, preventable, and sometimes curable, very little information is available about what happens when you get it - which is when accessible information is most needed. In a clear, non-emotive style, this revised and updated new edition provides the answers to the questions patients with lung cancers or those involved with them are likely to ask. The first section describes the causes (and includes a chapter on stopping smoking), diagnosis, and regression of the disease. There follows a section on the curative and symptomatic treatments available for the different types of lung cancer; and the third section, new for this edition, discusses the future prospects for the disease and its treatment. Also included are a glossary, a list of furthe reading, and a list of addresses of organization which can provide help and advice.
- ISBN10 6613891983
- ISBN13 9786613891983
- Publish Date 15 October 2009 (first published 1 September 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 167
- Language English