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

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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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Fulfilling the potential of cancer prevention and early detection

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National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 F962 2003

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Corporate Author: National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Editor: Curry, Susan J; Byers, Tim; Hewitt, Maria

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xx, 542 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - prevention & control; Health Policy; Health Promotion; Mass Screening; United States

ISBN: 0309082544

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ200 F962 2003

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No family history : the environmental links to breast cancer

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McCormick, Sabrina. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 M477 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: McCormick, Sabrina

Place of Publication: Lanham, MD

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 185 p. ; 24 cm.

Series: New social formations

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - etiology; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Public Policy; United States; Popular Work

ISBN: 9780742564084

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 M477 2009

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Radical : the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America

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Pickert, Kate. New York, NY: Little, Brown Spark , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 P596 2020

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more th…

Author: Pickert, Kate

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 325 p. ; 21 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - history; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more than a year of treatment, Pickert realized that the popular understanding of breast care in America bears little resemblance to the experiences of today''s patients and the rapidly changing science designed to save their lives. After using her journalistic skills to navigate her own care, Pickert embarked on a quest to understand the cultural, scientific and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age. - Provided by publisher.

Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9780316470346

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 P596 2020

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

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DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.; DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Medical Oncology - history; Biomedical Research; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; United States; Autobiography

Notes: Table of Contents:; Introduction; Outrageous fortune; The chemotherapists; MOMP; MOPP; The war on cancer; Boots on the ground; Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute; Frances Kelsey syndrome; Where rubber meets the road; The death of cancer; Outrageous fortune part II.

ISBN: 9780374135607

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

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Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781439107959; 1439107955; 9781439170915 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Cancer : the emperor of all maladies

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Burns, Ken, Goodman, Barak, Mukherjee, Siddhartha. Arlington, VA: PBS , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Alternate Title: Cancer : the emperor of all maladies (Television program)

Author: Burns, Ken; Goodman, Barak; Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: Arlington, VA

Publisher: PBS

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Biomedical Research - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781627892773

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

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Pink ribbons : breast cancer and the politics of philanthropy

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King, Samantha. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 K54p 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: King, Samantha

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xxxii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - economics; Gift Giving; Fund Raising; Financial Support; Marketing; Politics; United States

ISBN: 9780816648986; 0816648980

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 K54p 2006

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Philadelphia chromosome : a mutant gene and the quest to cure cancer at the genetic level

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Wapner, Jessica. New York, NY: The Experiment , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 W252 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Wapner, Jessica

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: The Experiment

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive - history; Philadelphia Chromosome; Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl - history; Genetic Therapy - history; United States

ISBN: 9781615190676

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 W252 2013

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

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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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Breast cancer legacy : your family history, your future

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Murphy, Beth, Santos, Jody, Baxter, Meredith. New York, NY: Principle Pictures, Inc. , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B828m 2004

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Murphy, Beth; Santos, Jody; Baxter, Meredith

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Principle Pictures, Inc.

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: 50 minutes

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Breast Neoplasms; Patients; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 B828m 2004

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

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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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Health communicator's social media toolkit

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , 2010.

Audience: Professional

This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

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Corporate Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Place of Publication: Atlanta, GA

Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publication Date: 2010

Subjects: Health Communication; Communications Media; Computer Communication Networks; Webcasts; Blogging; Internet; Information Dissemination - methods; Communication; United States

Abstract: This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ToolsTemplates/SocialMediaToolkit_BM.pdf

Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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Skloot, Rebecca. New York, NY: Crown Publishers , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WO690 S629i 2010

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Skloot, Rebecca

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Crown Publishers

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics; Confidentiality - ethics; HeLa Cells; Prejudice; Human Experimentation - ethics; African Americans; Cell Line; History, 20th Century; United States; Biography

ISBN: 9781400052172; 1400052173

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WO690 S629i 2010

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Reducing environmental cancer risk : what we can do now : President's Cancer Panel 2008-2009 annual report

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Reuben, Suzanne H. [Bethesda, MD]: President's Cancer Panel , 2010.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: 2008-2009 Annual report : President's Cancer Panel; President's Cancer Panel 2008-2009 annual report

Author: Reuben, Suzanne H

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: President's Cancer Panel

Publication Date: 2010

Subjects: Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Carcinogens, Environmental - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - prevention & control; Government Regulation; United States

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

Website Notes: 2nd URL links to the Executive summary

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http://realneo.us/content/executive-summary-reducing-environmental-cancer-risk-what-we-can-do-now-april-2010

Racial healing handbook : practical activities to help you challenge privilege, confront systemic racism & engage in collective healing

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Singh, Anneliese A. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications , 2019.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: HT1561 S617 2019

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

This handbook "offers powerful and practical tools to help you explore the history of racism, challenge stereotypes, and manage the stress and remorse that result from living in an unequal worlds. You'll understand your own racial identity, navigate daily and past experiences of racism, and examine…

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Author: Singh, Anneliese A.

Place of Publication: Oakland, CA

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Publication Date: 2019

Series: Proquest Ebook Central; Social justice handbook series

Subjects: Racism - prevention & control; Prejudice; Resilience, Psychological; United States; Handbook

Abstract: This handbook "offers powerful and practical tools to help you explore the history of racism, challenge stereotypes, and manage the stress and remorse that result from living in an unequal worlds. You'll understand your own racial identity, navigate daily and past experiences of racism, and examine ways racism affects all aspects of life-- from work to family to relationships. Finally, you'll discover how you can fight for racial justice, be an ally, and forge the building blocks needed to create a community of healing."-- Cover

ISBN: 9781684032709; 9781684032723

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

Call Number: HT1561 S617 2019

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