Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer
ISBN-10
1444358669
ISBN-13
9781444358667
Series
Lung Cancer
Category
Medical
Pages
480
Language
English
Published
2011-08-26
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
James D. Cox, Jack A. Roth, Waun Ki Hong

Description

Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women. However, since the first edition of Lung Cancer was published 14 years ago, rapid progress in the biology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease has been made.

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