Fighting Cancer
Cancer is a global killer. It involves a large group of potentially deadly diseases, as many as 200, that cause an estimated 13 percent of all deaths worldwide. Besides causes and preventions, this thorough look at the disease also includes information about genetic screening and treatments. It answers questions such as what chemotherapy does and what alternatives are available for cancer treatments. Significant breakthroughs including gene therapy and immunotherapy have given us hope for the future of a cancer cure. This absorbing volume addresses many concerns about a topic often in the news that personally touches many lives.
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Fighting Cancer
Cancer is a global killer. It involves a large group of potentially deadly diseases, as many as 200, that cause an estimated 13 percent of all deaths worldwide. Besides causes and preventions, this thorough look at the disease also includes information about genetic screening and treatments. It answers questions such as what chemotherapy does and what alternatives are available for cancer treatments. Significant breakthroughs including gene therapy and immunotherapy have given us hope for the future of a cancer cure. This absorbing volume addresses many concerns about a topic often in the news that personally touches many lives.
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Fighting Cancer

Fighting Cancer

by Matt Anniss
Fighting Cancer

Fighting Cancer

by Matt Anniss

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Overview

Cancer is a global killer. It involves a large group of potentially deadly diseases, as many as 200, that cause an estimated 13 percent of all deaths worldwide. Besides causes and preventions, this thorough look at the disease also includes information about genetic screening and treatments. It answers questions such as what chemotherapy does and what alternatives are available for cancer treatments. Significant breakthroughs including gene therapy and immunotherapy have given us hope for the future of a cancer cure. This absorbing volume addresses many concerns about a topic often in the news that personally touches many lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781482414530
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Library
Publication date: 08/01/2014
Series: Tiny Battlefields
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile: 1260L (what's this?)
Age Range: 11 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Waging War 4

Chapter 2 Many Causes 10

Chapter 3 Preventing Cancer 18

Chapter 4 Treating Cancer 26

Chapter 5 The Race Against Time 34

Chapter 6 The Future 40

Glossary 46

For More Information 47

Index 48

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