Description: This comprehensive set explains the science and facts behind prevalent cancers such as colon, prostate, breast, and skin. Readers will learn about the horizon of detection and treatment through straightforward narratives that are richly supported by visuals.
Review Quotes: Series Review: Cancer and Modern Science "...with a highly readable design, including crisp color photos and anatomical diagrams, the series will also serve the needs of student researchers. Also features excellent, extensive back batter, with a glossary, a bibliography, and Web sites." --Booklist Series Review: "With vivid electron micrographic images... these slim, colorful volumes are certainly eye-catching to potential researchers... Photographs, diagrams, multihued headings, and spotlighted inserts are plentiful... are solid overviews of the current understanding of these conditions..." --School Library Journal Series Review: "The colorful photos or illustrations enhance the understanding of the text... a multipage glossary defines confusing scientific terms." --Nancy Kuta, Juanita High School LWSD