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Pandora's DNA : tracing the breast cancer genes through history, science, and one family tree

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114187
Stark, Lizzie. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press , 2014.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 S795 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Stark, Lizzie
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
324 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - history
Breast Neoplasms - genetics
Mastectomy - history
Genetic Screening
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2
Personal Narratives
Autobiography
Popular Work
ISBN
9781613748602
1613748604
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WP870 S795 2014

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Up Ghost River : a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124478
Metatawabin, Edmund, Shimo, Alexandra. [Toronto, ON]: Vintage Canada , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 M587u 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Metatawabin, Edmund
Shimo, Alexandra
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Vintage Canada
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xix, 316 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
Subjects
Indigenous Canadians
Indigenous Canadians - history
First Nations
First Nations - residential schools
Political Activism
Canada
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9780307399885
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WZ80.5 M587u 2015

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Spinal tumors : a treatment guide for patients and family

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20050
Aryan, Henry E. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WE725 A796 2010
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
  1 read online  
Author
Aryan, Henry E
Place of Publication
Sudbury, MA
Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
ix, 121 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
ebrary books for public
Subjects
Spinal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Spinal Neoplasms - therapy
Spinal Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Popular Work
ISBN
9780763757083
076375708X
9781449617950
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WE725 A796 2010
Website Notes
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Understanding drugs : cancer treatment drugs

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113596
Hecht, Alan. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
  1 read online  
Author
Hecht, Alan
Editor
Triggle, David J.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
135 p.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
ebrary books for public
Subjects
Antineoplastic Agents
Popular Work
Neoplasms - drug therapy
ISBN
9781438135878
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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100 questions and answers about cancer symptoms and cancer treatment side effects

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18872
Kelvin, Joanne Frankel, Tyson, Leslie B. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 2011. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 K29 2010
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
One hundred questions and answers about cancer symptoms and cancer treatment side effects
Author
Kelvin, Joanne Frankel
Tyson, Leslie B
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Sudbury, MA
Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
v, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
R2 Library
100 questions & answers
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - therapy
Antineoplastic Agents
Popular Work
ISBN
9780763777609
0763777609
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
QZ201 K29 2010
Website Notes
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.
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Calling down the sky

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123323
Deerchild, Rosanna. BookLand Press , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 D312 2015
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'…
Author
Deerchild, Rosanna
Publisher
BookLand Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
80 p. ; 22 cm
Series
Canadian aboriginal voices
Subjects
Poetry
Indigenous Canadians - history
Child Abuse - history
First Nations - residential schools
First Nations
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781772310054
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WZ80.5 D312 2015

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Brain tumor primer : a comprehensive introduction to brain tumors

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21516
American Brain Tumor Association. Des Plaines, IL: American Brain Tumor Association , 2010. 9th ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WL358 B8142 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
American Brain Tumor Association
Edition
9th ed.
Place of Publication
Des Plaines, IL
Publisher
American Brain Tumor Association
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
76 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Brain Neoplasms - therapy
Popular Work
ISBN
00944093884
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
WL358 B8142 2010
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Oreskes, Naomi. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
Q124.7 O66w 2019
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold …
Author
Oreskes, Naomi
Place of Publication
Princeton, NJ
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series
University Center for Human Values
Subjects
Science - history
Knowledge
Philosophy
Popular Work
Abstract
"Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength -- and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted." -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780691212265
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
Q124.7 O66w 2019

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End of the beginning : cancer, immunity and the future of a cure

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124340
Kinch, Michael. New York, NY: Pegasus Books Ltd., , 2019.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ266 K51e 2019
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Kinch, Michael
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Pegasus Books Ltd.,
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
xxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - history
Neoplasms - therapy
Immunotherapy
Popular Work
ISBN
9781643130255
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ266 K51e 2019

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Cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21847
Johnson, George. New York, NY: Vintage Books , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ202 J67 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
An online version of the notes, available through "talaya.net" carry links to all of the references.
Author
Johnson, George
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
xii, 284 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - etiology
Neoplasms - history
Research
Popular Work
Abstract
An online version of the notes, available through "talaya.net" carry links to all of the references.
Notes
Surrey CIC keep 2022
ISBN
9780307742308
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Surrey Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ202 J67 2013

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Prostate cancer : from diagnosis to treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122845
Centeno, Arthur. Omaha, NE: Addicus Books , 2018. 3rd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
Prostate cancer : a man's guide to treatment
Prostate cancer : a patient's guide to treatment
Author
Centeno, Arthur
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Omaha, NE
Publisher
Addicus Books
Publication Date
2018
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Prostatic Neoplasms
Popular Work
ISBN
9781943886845
9781943886968
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.
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Lung cancer : from diagnosis to treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120903
Scott, Walter. Omaha, NB: Addicus Books , 2018. 3rd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WF658 S431 2018
Availability
7 copies, 6 available
Author
Scott, Walter
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Omaha, NB
Publisher
Addicus Books
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
ix, 134 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Lung Neoplasms
Popular Work
ISBN
9781943886678
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WF658 S431 2018
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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100 questions and answers about brain tumors

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19388
Stark-Vance, Virginia, Dubay, Mary Louise. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , 2011. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WL358 S795 2010
Availability
6 copies, 6 available
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
One hundred questions and answers about brain tumors
Author
Stark-Vance, Virginia
Dubay, Mary Louise
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Sudbury, MA
Publisher
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
xxvii, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
R2 Library
100 questions & answers
Subjects
Brain Neoplasms
Popular Work
ISBN
9780763760540
0763760544
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WL358 S795 2010
Website Notes
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.
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Colon and rectal cancer : from diagnosis to treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20824
Ruggieri, Paul, Tolentino, Addison R. Omaha, NB: Addicus Books , 2012. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WI520 R931 2012
Availability
6 copies, 6 available
Author
Ruggieri, Paul
Tolentino, Addison R
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Omaha, NB
Publisher
Addicus Books
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
vii, 124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Colorectal Neoplasms
Popular Work
ISBN
9781886039056
1886039054
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WI520 R931 2012

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Cancers of the head and neck : from diagnosis to treatment

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121499
Lydiatt, William M., Johnson, Perry J. Omaha, NB: Addicus Books, Inc. , 2019. 3rd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WE707 L983 2019
Availability
7 copies, 6 available
Alternate Title
Cancers of the head and neck
Author
Lydiatt, William M.
Johnson, Perry J.
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Omaha, NB
Publisher
Addicus Books, Inc.
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
x, 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy
Head and Neck Neoplasms - psychology
Popular Work
ISBN
9781943886821
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WE707 L983 2019

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Inconvenient Indian: a curious account of Native People in North America

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125127
King, Thomas. Toronto: Anchor Canada , 2013. Anchor Canada ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ80.5 K54 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
King, Thomas
Edition
Anchor Canada ed.
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
Anchor Canada
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
xvi, 314 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Indigenous Canadians
Indigenous Canadians - history
North America -- Ethnic relations.
Popular Work
ISBN
9780385664226
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WZ80.5 K54 2013

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Childhood brain and spinal cord tumors : a guide for families, friends and caregivers

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21857
Shiminski-Maher, Tania, Woodman, Catherine, Keene, Nancy. Bellingham, WA: Childhood Cancer Guides , 2014. 2nd ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WL358 S556 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Author
Shiminski-Maher, Tania
Woodman, Catherine
Keene, Nancy
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Bellingham, WA
Publisher
Childhood Cancer Guides
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xxi, 526 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
ebrary books for public
Subjects
Brain Neoplasms
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Child
Family
Social Support
Caregivers
Popular Work
Notes
Surrey CIC keep 2022
ISBN
9781941089002
9781941089019
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Surrey Cancer Info Ctr
Internet
Call Number
WL358 S556 2014
Website Notes
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Frankly speaking about cancer : lung cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21401
Hanna, Nasser H. Washington, DC: Cancer Support Community , 2013. 6th ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
  3 read online  
Author
Hanna, Nasser H
Edition
6th ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Cancer Support Community
Publication Date
2013
Series
Frankly speaking about cancer series
Subjects
Lung Neoplasms - therapy
Lung Neoplasms - complications
Lung Neoplasms - psychology
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Radiotherapy - adverse effects
Complementary Therapies
Adaptation, Psychological
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Full pdf copy available to download
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Structures of indifference : an indigenous life and death in a Canadian city

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122893
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan, Perry, Adele. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirt…
Author
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan
Perry, Adele
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
186 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Metis
Healthcare Disparities
Racism
Race Relations - history
Cultural Competency
Minority Health
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirty-four- hour period, he was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the city of Winnipeg through Sinclair?s experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death." - Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780887558351
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Website Notes
Some copies was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Warrior of the people : how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become America's first Indian doctor

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124472
Starita, Joe. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WZ100 S73w 2018
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomita…
Author
Starita, Joe
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects
Indigenous Peoples - history
First Nations
Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915
Physicians, Women
United States
Biography
Popular Work
Abstract
"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Native woman acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. They were often desperately poor and sick with tuberculosis, small pox, measles, and influenza. She was their last hope and effectively became the chief of her entrenched patriarchal tribe, crashing through walls of ethnic, racial, and gender prejudice. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte's inspirational life and dedication to public health, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments that improved the lot of her people."--Back Cover
ISBN
9781250181312
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WZ100 S73w 2018

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