

Oncology: An Introduction for Nurses and Health Care Professionals-Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource


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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
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David O'Halloran, BEd(Hons), Med DHSM, CDR(T), ILTM, Director, O'Halloran Consultancy Limited, Accreditor for the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; Formerly Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy, School of Healthcare Studies, Leeds, UK