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Author Poole, Catherine M.

Title Melanoma : prevention, detection, and treatment / Catherine M. Poole, with DuPont Guerry, IV ; drawings by David Low.

Imprint New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.99477 POOLE    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.994 P822M    Check Shelf
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xv, 187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series Yale University Press health & wellness
Yale University Press health & wellness.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
Contents 1. Close encounters with melanoma -- 2. What is melanoma? -- 3. Who gets melanoma and why? -- 4. Early detection of melanoma -- 5. If you have melanoma -- 6. When melanoma metastasizes -- 7. Tending to your spirits -- 8. Future promise : prevention of melanoma -- Appendix A. Cancer centers and melanoma specialists -- Appendix B. Support services and resource websites -- Appendix C. AJCC staging guidelines -- Glossary.
Summary Provides information on how to detect melanoma--a type of skin cancer--while it is still in its early stage; features color photographs that show normal and malignant spots on the skin; discusses treatment options; considers ways to prevent the disease; and provides lists of resources.
Subject Melanoma.
Melanoma. (OCoLC)fst01015686
Melanoma -- Popular Works.
Genre/Form Popular Work. (DNLM)D020496
Added Author Guerry, DuPont, 1942-
ISBN 0300107250 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300107258 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300130607
0300130600
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