Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults PDF Author: Archie W. Bleyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540681523
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Book Description
This is the first comprehensive book devoted exclusively to cancer in adolescents and young adults. It compiles medical, epidemiological, biological, psychological, and emotional issues of young adults’ oncology. The emphasis is on the differences of the "same" cancer in younger and older patients. Model programs specially designed to care for patients in the age group and surveillance of long-term adverse effects are reviewed.