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BL
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| Record Number
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1012102
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b766472
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| Main Entry
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Cramer, Scott D.
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| Title & Author
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Prostate cancer /\ Scott D. Cramer ; foreword by David Heymann.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Deadly diseases and epidemics
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| Page. NO
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136 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), color map ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791089355
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: 9780791089354
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- What is prostate cancer and who gets it? -- Prostate anatomy and normal functions -- Prostate cancer pathology and grading -- Prostate cancer screening and diagnosis -- Treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer -- Treatment of advanced prostate cancer -- Spread of prostate cancer -- Prostate cancer prevention -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Further resources.
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| Abstract
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Discusses prostate cancer, covering who is at risk to get the disease, how it develops, what its symptoms are, and how it can be treated and prevented.
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| Subject
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Prostate-- Cancer, Juvenile literature.
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| Subject
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Prostate-- Cancer.
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Prostate-- Cancer.
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Prostatic Neoplasms.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.99/463
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| LC Classification
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RC280.P7C73 2007
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| NLM classification
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WJ752CRA
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