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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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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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Malignant : how bad policy and bad evidence harm people with cancer

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Prasad, Vinayak K. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press , 2020.

Audience: Professional

"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 a…

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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

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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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Cancer clinical trials : a commonsense guide to experimental cancer therapies and clinical trials

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Beer, Tomasz M, Axmaker, Larry. New York, NY: DiaMedica Publishing , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ267 B415 2012

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Beer, Tomasz M; Axmaker, Larry

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: DiaMedica Publishing

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xxvi, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Clinical Trials as Topic; Decision Making; Antineoplastic Protocols; Therapies, Investigational; Biomedical Research; United States

ISBN: 9780982321973

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ267 B415 2012

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Medical physics : models and technologies in cancer research

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Berlin: De Gruyter , 2021.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ241 M489b 2021

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Bajek, Anna; Tylkowski, Bartosz

Place of Publication: Berlin

Publisher: De Gruyter

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: xv, 248 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Series: De Gruyter STEM

Subjects: Neoplasms -- diagnosis; Neoplasms -- drug therapy; Translational Research, Biomedical; Antineoplastic Agents

ISBN: 9783110662290

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ241 M489b 2021

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From dough to DNA : 601 West Tenth, Vancouver : the bakers, the building and the BC Cancer Research Centre

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Jackson, Stewart M. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Foundation , 2004.

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Call Number: QZ11 J14 2004

Availability: 7 copies, 6 available

Author: Jackson, Stewart M

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Foundation

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Biomedical Research - history; Medical Oncology - history; BC Cancer Research Centre - history; British Columbia

ISBN: 189662412X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public; Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Library; Kelowna Library; Surrey Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ11 J14 2004

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Burzynski : the movie : cancer is serious business

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Merola, Eric, Burzynski, Stanislaw. [United States]: Merola , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ267 M567 2010

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Merola, Eric; Burzynski, Stanislaw

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: Merola

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 105 minutes

Subjects: Neoplasms - drug therapy; Drug Approval; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Antineoplaston; Piperidones; Benzeneacetamides; Documentaries and Factual Films; United States

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: QZ267 M567 2010

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Conducting clinical research : a practical guide for physicians, nurses, study co-ordinators and investigators

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Stone, Judy. Cumberland, MD: Mountainside MD Press , 2010.

Audience: Professional

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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

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Secret history of the war on cancer

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Davis, Devra Lee. New York, NY: BasicBooks , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

Author: Davis, Devra Lee

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: BasicBooks

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xviii, 505 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Carcinogens, Environmental - history; Health Policy - history; Health Policy - economics; Primary Prevention - history; Primary Prevention - economics; History, 20th Century

Abstract: Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain

ISBN: 9780465015665; 0465015662

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 D261s 2007

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Medicine unbundled : a journey through the minefields of indigenous health care

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Geddes, Gary. [British Columbia]: Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd , [2017].

Audience: Professional

Contents:; Joanie?s people : discarding the masks of shame -- Heartland : where the cure can be worse than the disease -- The long sentence : and the first shall be last -- Restoring the song : lessons for the hard of hearing.

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Author: Geddes, Gary

Place of Publication: [British Columbia]

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd

Publication Date: [2017]

Series: Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects: Health Services, Indigenous - history; First Nations; Healthcare Disparities - history; Racism - history; Health Policy - history; History, 20th Century; Canada

Abstract: Contents:; Joanie?s people : discarding the masks of shame -- Heartland : where the cure can be worse than the disease -- The long sentence : and the first shall be last -- Restoring the song : lessons for the hard of hearing.

ISBN: 9781772031645; 9781772031652

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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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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Truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it

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Angell, Marcia. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2005. updated ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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 …

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

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Colonizing bodies : aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-50

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Kelm, Mary-Ellen. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press , 1998.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Colonizing bodies

Author: Kelm, Mary-Ellen

Place of Publication: Vancouver, BC

Publisher: UBC Press

Publication Date: 1998

Physical Description: xxiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Minority Health - history; Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations; Indigenous Canadians - history; Social Welfare - history; Attitude of Health Personnel; First Nations; History, 20th Century; British Columbia; Canada

ISBN: 9780774806787; 0774806788

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Library

Call Number: WA300 K29c 1998

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Oncology nursing: scope and standards of practice

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Lubejko, Barbara, Wilson, Barbara. Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society , 2019.

Audience: Professional

Contents:; Scope of oncology nursing practice -- Definition of oncology nursing -- Historical perspective of the oncology nursing specialty -- Scope of the oncology nursing role -- Populations served by oncology nurses -- Oncology nursing practice environments -- Requirements to be an oncology nurs…

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Author: Lubejko, Barbara; Wilson, Barbara

Corporate Author: Oncology Nursing Society

Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher: Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date: 2019

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Oncology Nursing - standards; United States

Abstract: Contents:; Scope of oncology nursing practice -- Definition of oncology nursing -- Historical perspective of the oncology nursing specialty -- Scope of the oncology nursing role -- Populations served by oncology nurses -- Oncology nursing practice environments -- Requirements to be an oncology nurse -- Ethics -- Provisions -- Trends in oncology -- Access to and affordability of care -- Changes to the insurance environment -- Aging population and comorbidities -- Opioid epidemic and oncology care needs -- Precision medicine and immunotherapy -- Value-based care -- New sources of data : access and knowledge -- Trends in oncology nursing -- Essential oncology competencies -- Expanding use of technologies -- Evidence-based translational practice -- Usefulness in practice -- Standards of oncology nursing practice and professional performance -- Standards of practice -- Standards of professional performance.

ISBN: 1635930324; 9781635930320

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety

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Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2005.