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Despite continued warnings about sun exposure, melanoma "is increasing at a faster rate than any other cancer in the U.S." By the year 2000, one percent of all Americans will be affected; approximately 32,000 citizens were diagnosed with this cancer in 1993. Kenet, a dermatologist at Cornell Medical Center, and Lawler, a former consumer reporter and cofounder of the American Melanoma Foundation, provide statistics, history, a list of risk factors, and sobering vignettes in this comprehensive guide. Especially helpful is their information on identification, screening, treatment, and prevention of the disease. Experimental therapies and techniques such as vaccine therapy and biopsies through computer imaging are clearly explained. The authors' practical and thorough advice on such topics as choosing a physician and the stages of melanoma will answer worrisome questions faced by cancer patients and their families. Most books available on melanoma are expensive clinical texts; this is an excellent medium-priced selection. Recommended for popular health collections.
Catherine Greene, Bethesda Memorial Hosp. Lib., Boynton Beach, Fla.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An all-around guide, "Saving Your Skin" includes information on how to detect melanoma in its early stages--with descriptions of what it is and what causes it--how to fight sun, the skin's worst enemy; how to perform a skin self-exam at home; how to pick a dermatologist; patient support networks; and more. Color photos.
Despite continued warnings about sun exposure, melanoma "is increasing at a faster rate than any other cancer in the U.S." By the year 2000, one percent of all Americans will be affected; approximately 32,000 citizens were diagnosed with this cancer in 1993. Kenet, a dermatologist at Cornell Medical Center, and Lawler, a former consumer reporter and cofounder of the American Melanoma Foundation, provide statistics, history, a list of risk factors, and sobering vignettes in this comprehensive guide. Especially helpful is their information on identification, screening, treatment, and prevention of the disease. Experimental therapies and techniques such as vaccine therapy and biopsies through computer imaging are clearly explained. The authors' practical and thorough advice on such topics as choosing a physician and the stages of melanoma will answer worrisome questions faced by cancer patients and their families. Most books available on melanoma are expensive clinical texts; this is an excellent medium-priced selection. Recommended for popular health collections.
Catherine Greene, Bethesda Memorial Hosp. Lib., Boynton Beach, Fla.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An all-around guide, "Saving Your Skin" includes information on how to detect melanoma in its early stages--with descriptions of what it is and what causes it--how to fight sun, the skin's worst enemy; how to perform a skin self-exam at home; how to pick a dermatologist; patient support networks; and more. Color photos.
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Melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, is on the rise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
melanoma time bomb, safe sun habits, original melanoma, elective lymph node dissection, physical sunscreens, primary melanoma, isolated limb perfusion, early melanoma, melanoma patients, atypical moles, advanced melanoma, sunscreen products, ocular melanoma, melanoma cells, melanoma tumor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, is on the rise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
melanoma time bomb, safe sun habits, original melanoma, elective lymph node dissection, physical sunscreens, primary melanoma, isolated limb perfusion, early melanoma, melanoma patients, atypical moles, advanced melanoma, sunscreen products, ocular melanoma, melanoma cells, melanoma tumor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Dermatology in General Medicine by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick on 7 pages
- Cutaneous Melanoma by Charles M. Balch on 4 pages
- Manual for Staging of Cancer by Oliver H. Beahrs on page 76, and Back Matter
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway on page 35, and Back Matter
- Cancer Medicine by James F. Holland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- 101 Questions About Skin That Got Under Your Skin... Until Now by Faith Hickman Brynie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Facing Cancer: A Complete Guide for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Caregivers by Theodore A. Stern on page 330, and Back Matter
- Sun Protection For Life: Your Guide To A Lifetime Of Healthy & Beautiful Skin by Mary Mills Barrow in Back Matter
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