Oncology: An Introduction for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, 1st Edition
Paperback
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- Logical and easy-to-follow approach
- Accessible language throughout – does not assume a prior level of knowledge
- Explains cancer terminology for non-experts
- Takes a graded approach to information to help learning
- Provides an understanding of cancer and how it progresses, how to link anatomy to the staging of cancer, and how to explain how modern cancer treatments work
- Invaluable in helping explain conditions and treatment to patients and families
- Self-assessment exercises throughout help test learning
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Cells, Tissues and Cancer
2 Blood Cancers
3 Sarcoma
4 The Nervous System – Brain Tumours
5 The Endocrine System
6 Head and Neck Cancer
7 Digestive System Tumours
8 Urinary System Tumours
9 The Male Reproductive System
10 The Female Reproductive System
11 Lung Cancer
12 Skin Cancer
Index