Corporate Author

Genome British Columbia

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Genome British Columbia

Publication Date

2010

Subjects

Medical Oncology

Clinical Trials

Neoplasms - therapy

Biomedical Research - economics

Biotechnology

British Columbia

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Continues / Continued By

BC Cancer Agency / BC Cancer Foundation / BC Cancer Research Centre annual report

Alternate Title

BCCR report

BCCR annual report

Annual research report

BC Cancer Agency annual research report

BC Cancer annual research report

BC Cancer research

BC Cancer research report

BCCA annual research report

BCCA research report

Corporate Author

BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency

Subjects

Research

Biomedical Research

Clinical Trials

Neoplasms - therapy

Genomics

Research Personnel

Medical Oncology

Research Report

British Columbia

Language

English

Material Type

Report

Serial

Frequency

Annual

Holdings

VC Library: 2015-

VC Library Archives: 2016-

Audience

Professional

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library BCCA Pubs

VC Library Archives

Author

Prasad, Vinayak K.

Place of Publication

Baltimore, MD

Publisher

John Hopkins University Press

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - drug therapy

Antineoplastic Agents - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Drug Development - economics

Health Policy

Patient rights

United States

Abstract

"In this critical study of current cancer therapies, Dr. Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist, examines oncology practice and policy in the United States. His book is organized into four sections: (1) an overview of cancer drugs, (2) forces that distort cancer medicine and practice, (3) details about cancer research and practice, (4) recommended solutions on multiple levels (policy, practitioners, medical education, and pharmacology)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value -- Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used? -- Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals -- How High Prices Harm Patients and Society -- Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine -- Financial Conflict of Interest -- The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine -- Will Precision Oncology Save Us? -- Study Design -- Principles of Oncology Practice -- Important Trials in Oncology -- Global Oncology -- How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed? -- What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and -- Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow? -- What Can People with Cancer Do? -- What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?

ISBN

9781421437637

9781421437644

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Angell, Marcia

Edition

updated ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Drug Industry - economics

Advertising as Topic

Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Government Regulation

Marketing of Health Services

United States

Abstract

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN

9780375760945

0375760946

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QV736 A583t 2005

Copies

Author

Aparicio, Sam

Gleave, Martin

Corporate Author

BC Cancer Agency

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Cancer Agency

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

2 DVDs + printed material

Subjects

Neoplasms - economics

Biomedical Research - economics

Research Support

Breast Neoplasms

Ovarian Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms

BCCA

BC Cancer Agency

Abstract

v.1: Dr. Sam Aparicio and Dr. Martin Gleave : video introduction (3 minutes)

v.2: Media Files : video files : Dr. Sam Aparicio and Dr. Martin Gleave : video introduction (.avi & .mov files). Vapour phase storage tank and technician (.avi & .mov files)

Still photography files : vapour phase storage tank and technician (.jpeg files)

Printed material titled "News release : for immediate release 2009HSERV0035-000718 December 3, 2009

Printed material titled " Background information : project overview"

Language

English

Material Type

Other

Audience

Professional

Location

VC Library Archives

Author

Stone, Judy

Place of Publication

Cumberland, MD

Publisher

Mountainside MD Press

Publication Date

2010

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Clinical Trials

Biomedical Research - ethics

Biomedical Research - methods

Human Experimentation

United States

ISBN

9780974917818

0974917818

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Green, Stephanie

Crowley, John

Benedetti, Jacqueline

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Boca Raton

Publisher

Chapman & Hall

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

xi, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

Interdisciplinary statistics series

Subjects

Clinical Trials - standards

Neoplasms - therapy

Clinical Trials

Data Interpretation, Statistical

ISBN

1584883022 (alk. paper)

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

HA29 G812 2003

Copies

Editor

Dale, Roger

Jones, Bleddyn

Place of Publication

London, UK

Publisher

British Institute of Radiology (BIR)

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

x, 292 p : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Models, Theoretical

Radiation Effects

Radiation Dosage

Radiotherapy - statistics & numerical data

Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted

Brachytherapy

Radiobiology

Clinical Trials

ISBN

9780905749600

090574960X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ269 R129d 2007

Copies

Alternate Title

Surgical oncology clinics of North America v.26, no. 4 October 2017

Editor

Sigurdson, Elin R.

Petrelli, Nicholas J.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2017

Series

Surgical oncology clinics of North America v. 26, no. 4

Subjects

Neoplasms - surgery

Clinical Trials

ISBN

9780323546928

ISSN

1055-3207

Language

English

Material Type

Serial

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library Journals

Copies

Editor

Bleyer, W. Archie

Barr, Ronald D

Place of Publication

Nw York, NY

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xiii, 534 p. ; col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Series

Pediatric oncology

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Adolescent Psychology

Quality of Life

Adolescent

Social Support

Delivery of Health Care

Oncology Service, Hospital

Clinical Trials

Survivors

Statistics

ISBN

9783540408420

3540408428

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

QZ275 C217b 2007

Copies

Editor

Bleyer, Archie

Barr, Ronald

Ries, Lynn

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

xxv, 825 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

Pediatric oncology

Subjects

Neoplasms - epidemiology

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Adolescent Psychology

Quality of Life

Adolescent

Young Adult

Social Support

Delivery of Health Care

Oncology Service, Hospital

Clinical Trials

Survivors

Statistics

ISBN

9783319336770

ISSN

1613-5318

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ275 C217 2017

Website Notes

Table of contents

Copies

Editor

Pawlik, Timothy M.

Sosa, Julie A.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

2020

Series

R2 Library

Success in academic surgery

Subjects

Clinical Trials

Surgical Procedures, Operative

Research

Abstract

This extensively revised second edition is a unique and portable handbook focusing on clinical trials in surgery. It includes new educational materials addressing the rapid evolution of novel research methodologies in basic science, clinical and educational research. The underlying principles of clinical trials, trial design, the development of a study cohort, statistics, data safety, data monitoring, and trial publication for device and drug trials are also discussed. - Publisher

ISBN

3030354873

9783030354879

9783030354886

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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