Cancer Drugs (Drugs: the Straight Facts)

Throughout history cancer has been a feared disease, primarily because it is so deadly and so difficult to treat. Radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, and other treatments have helped save the lives of countless patients, but innovative new drugs hold out even more hope for curing and preventing cancer. This comprehensive look at different types of oncology drugs and how they work is an ideal resource for student researchers or anyone facing the difficult issues associated with cancer treatment. Titles in this series, that include charts and diagrams, web site lists, and suggestions for further reading, present to high-schoolers candid discussions that emphasize a historical and scientific approach to learning about drugs. Since the days of the Greek physician Hippocrates, who named benign tumors oncos and malignant tumors carcinos, cancer has been a feared disease, largely because it is so difficult to treat Examines different treatments used to fight cancer and the development of new drugs designed to cure and prevent cancer