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.
Contents:; Regulatory protection of human subjects in research -- The research problem -- Review of the literature -- The systematic review -- Methodology -- Survey research -- Qualitative research -- Community-based participatory research -- Clinical investigations -- Data analysis -- Exploring st…
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…
"This title will help you understand and apply the scientific advances that are revolutionizing cancer research and practice with Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology: Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer. Derived from DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of …
Many researchers dread writing. They find it laborious - even painful - to put their scholarly work into words. They get bogged down in the study, and lose track of the story. And they produce uninspiring papers that fail to resonate with readers or reviewers. This book offers an antidote to this p…
Summary:; "Steps toward an explanatory paradigm for cancer that integrates its different levels of organization (molecular, genetic, etc.) and also integrates theoretical and experimental biology with oncology"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction by Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan; The Burden of cancer by William Steward and Anne Thomas; Nature and nurture in oncogenesis by Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan; DNA replication and the cell cycle by Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan; Regulation of growth : growth factors, receptors, an…
Content:; 1: The Genetic Basis of Cancer -- 2: Oncogenes -- 3: Tumor Suppressor Genes -- 4: Genetic Instability and Cancer -- 5: Cancer Genomes -- 6: Cancer Gene Pathways -- 7: Cancer and the Immune System -- 8: Common Cancers and Their Genetic Alterations -- 9: Cancer Detection and Prognostication…
This book provides a unique, wide-ranging description of the phenomenon of cancer and its pathological effects in diverse species including humans, domesticated and wild animals, invertebrates, and plants. The broad scope of information presented is used to construct radical new insights into biolo…
Table of Contents:; Section 1 Putting cancer genetics into context -- Section 2 Cancer genetics: the basics -- Section 3 Genetics of specific cancers -- Section 4 Cancer risk assessment and communicating risk -- Section 5 Early detection of hereditary cancer -- Section 6 Reducing the risk of cancer…
