The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Table of Contents:; 1 Biology of Cancer -- 2 Staging and Performance Status -- 3 Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention -- 4 Genetic Risk for Developing Cancer -- 5 Cancer Detection Measures -- 6 Pharmacogenomics -- 7 Surgery -- 8 Radiation Therapy -- 9 Chemotherapy -- 10 Precision Medicine: Biologics …
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC 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…
Contents:; Chapter 1 -- Considerations of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer -- Correlations of Germline BRCA Mutations with TNBC ? Taking Advantage of ?Vulnerable? Tumors -- Mutations in BRCA Genes and PD-L1?expression on the Immune Cells - As I…
Contents:; Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings : what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report trials of drugs and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library Missing | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available |
Table of contents:; The evolution of lifespans and disease avoidance -- Understanding evolution at organismal and somatic levels -- The evolution of multicellularity and tumor suppression -- Mechanisms of tumor suppression -- Dominant views on the mechanisms of oncogenesis -- Adaptive oncogenesis -…
An animated, educational Web tutorial for cancer health professionals who wish to learn more about targeted cancer therapies
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | Available |
Basic Radiation Oncology encompasses "the essential aspects of radiation physics, radiobiology, and clinical radiation oncology. A complete section is devoted to each of these fields. In the first two sections, concepts that are crucial in radiation physics and radiobiology are reviewed in depth. T…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Library | Available |
"This book, Gynecological Oncology-Basic Principles and Clinical Practice, is a detailed resource. It gives relevant principles to help successfully utilize the latest diagnostic methodologies and management strategies in all aspects of gynecologic oncology. It deals with practical tips and evidenc…
"This comprehensive book provides an overview of cancer therapeutics and covers different innovative treatment approaches for cancer. The initial chapter gives a detailed overview on cancer progression and disease diagnostics. The following chapters focus on different cancer treatment approaches, s…
The combined effects of population growth and aging have led to an increase in the number of cancers. Preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing cancer are therefore, more than ever, imperatives facing medicine ? especially to continue the decrease in cancers' mortality rates and to improve the qu…
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