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First published by Wakefield Press in 1997
This second edition published by Ebury Press in 2008

Copyright © Fred Stephens and Richard Fox 2008

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Stephens, Fred, 1927–.
Cancer explained.

ISBN 978 1 74166 791 2 (pbk).

Cancer – Treatment – Popular works. Cancer – Treatment – Technological innovations. Cancer – Diagnosis.

Other authors/contributors: Fox, Richard.

616.994

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