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There were an estimated 1.5 million new cases of cancer in the U.S. in 2008, according to the American Cancer Society. In addition to surgery and radiation treatments, anti-cancer drugs are an important part of fighting cancer. Also referred to as chemotherapy, cancer treatment drugs work by killing or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Because cancer takes a wide variety of forms, many different drugs are used to treat it, and some are designed to combat specific cancer types. This book explains how cancer drugs work and looks at the ongoing effort to develop new and better anti-cancer drugs.

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Alan Hecht , D.C., is a practicing chiropractor in New York, USA. He is an adjunct at several institutions, teaching anatomy and physiology and medical microbiology at Farmingdale State College and Nassau Community College, USA, human biology at Hofstra University, and anatomy and physiology at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. Dr. Hecht received a B.S. in biology/premedical studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA, an M.S. in basic medical sciences from the New York University School of Medicine, and a D.C. from New York Chiropractic College, USA.

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