Pancreatic cancer
Subtitle: a patient and his doctor balance hope and truth
By: Michael J. Lippe and Dung T. Le
Contributors: Le, Dung T.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781421400617; 9781421400624
Subjects: Health; Popular works; Cancer; Pancreas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The gathering clouds; title: What is pancreatic cancer and what are its symptoms?; title: The fight begins; title: The initial treatment; title: The prospect of death; title: Balancing hope and truth; title: Family and friends; title: Managing the symptoms of advanced cancer; title: A new approach to living; title: Next steps; title: What we take away from our experience; title: Postscript; title: Appendix. etiology and pathogenesis.