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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 …
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…
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…
Table of contents:; Introduction: A Once-Deadly Diagnosis -- Chapter One: What Is Cancer? -- Chapter Two: What Causes Cancer? -- Chapter Three: Can Cancer Be Treated or Cured? -- Chapter Four: What Is It Like to Live with Cancer? -- Source Notes -- Organizations and Websites -- For Further Research…
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 -…
Table of contents:; 1. Gender Identity-- Explores definitions of gender and helps you better understand how your sense of gender developed.; 2. Gender Expression -- Looks at the wide diversity of genders worldwide and helps you think about the different ways you may choose to express your gender.; …
A picture book written to help children cope with a mother's breast cancer. Includes "testimonials" by animal characters in an imaginary support group, allowing each of them to talk about issues they are facing. The "narrators" describe how the family reacted to the diagnosis, meeting the doctors a…
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Two sisters, ages eleven and thirteen, describe what it was like for them when their mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy.
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When their mother is diagnosed with cancer, sixth grader Tim and his younger brother visit her in the hospital, learn about radiation and chemotherapy, and help with the chores at home
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When mommy is in the hospital, as she is frequently sick, her child misses her a lot.
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This is a humorous book that deals not just with cancer but with family life.
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