Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Contents:; 1. Cancer epidemiology -- 2. Molecular and therapeutic bases of cancer -- 3. Macro and micronutrients in cancer prevention and treatment -- 4. Phytochemicals in cancer treatment -- 5. Medicinal plants as potential functional foods or resources for obtaining metabolites with anticancer ac…
c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available |
"Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Medicinal Plants and Cancer Chemoprevention provides information on the use of various herbal plants used as anticancer agents. It discusses the traditional system of medicine and focuses on plant-derived compounds for cancer therapy with inte…
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Contents:; 1. Mechanism of Chemotherapy in Cancer Treatment -- 2. Neutropenic Complications of Chemotherapy -- 3. Chemotherapy Induced Anemia -- 4. Cancer Treatment Related Thrombocytopenia -- 5. Oral Mucositis -- 6. Gastrointestinal Complications of Chemotherapy -- 7. Neurological Complications --…
Contents:; Radiation therapy effects on the central nervous system / Cramer, Chan, Kirkpatrick -- Radiation therapy effects in head and neck cancer / Galloway, Yom -- Radiation therapy effects on the thorax / Kaidar, Person, Zagar, Marks -- Radiation therapy effects in breast cancer / Boggs, De Los…
c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available |
"Strategies to Mitigate the Toxicity of Cancer Therapeutics, Volume 155 in the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters, each of which is written by an international board of authors. Provides the authority and ex…
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Contents:; Measurement -- A review of some chemistry basics -- Basics of physics part 1 (force and pressure) -- Basics of physics part 2 (work, energy, and power) -- Fluids -- The gas laws -- States of matter and changes of state -- Solutions and their behavior -- Acids, bases, and buffers -- Elect…
Environmental health sourcebook : basic consumer health information about the environment and its effect on human health, including the effects of air pollution, water pollution, hazardous chemicals, food hazards, radiation hazards, biological agents, household hazards, such as radon, asbestos, car…
"Written by world-class experts in clinical cancer therapeutics, Physicians' Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2022 provides a complete, easy-to-use catalog of over 100 drugs and commonly used drug regimens--both on- and off-label--for the treatment of all the major cancers."--publisher