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ABCs of smoking : atherosclerosis, bronchitis, cancer, disability increase, emphysema, fetal damage, gum disease, heart attack...

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Health EDCO. Waco, TX: Health Edco , 2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WA900 A134 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: ABCs of smoking

Corporate Author: Health EDCO

Place of Publication: Waco, TX

Publisher: Health Edco

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Smoking - prevention & control - pictorial works; Lung Neoplasms - prevention & control - pictorial works; Neoplasms - prevention & control - pictorial works; Chronic Disease - prevention & control - pictorial works

ISBN: 4310789780904

Language: English

Material Type: Other

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library Circulation Desk

Call Number: WA900 A134 2004

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Adaptive oncogenesis : a new understanding of how cancer evolves inside us

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DeGregori, James. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2018.

Audience: Professional

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 -…

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Author: DeGregori, James

Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Date: 2018

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Carcinogenesis; Neoplastic Processes; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - genetics

Abstract: 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 -- Limiting somatic evolution in youth -- Changing adaptive landscapes with aging -- Changing adaptive landscapes with carcinogenic exposures -- Tissue architecture and tumor suppression -- Peto?s paradox -- Prolonging tissue maintenance to delay aging and cancer -- Understanding clinical data from an evolutionary perspective -- The causes of cancer in early childhood -- Evolution-informed strategies to combat cancer -- A new framework for understanding and controlling cancer.

ISBN: 9780674545397; 9780674985964

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Antileukemic activities of human bone marrow and blood cells after culture in interleukins-2, -7 and -12

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Wong, Elaine Karol. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 1994.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WH380 W872 1994

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Wong, Elaine Karol

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Publication Date: 1994

Subjects: Interleukins - therapeutic use; Cytokines; Bone Marrow; Leukemia - therapy

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WH380 W872 1994

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Assessing patient symptoms using "N to V"

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Levy, Karen, Oliver, Judy. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY161 B365 2010 v.19

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Video shows an RN assessing a patient wo has dyspnea and pain. She will use the symtom assessment acronym "NOPQRSTUV" to guide her assessment.

Alternate Title: Using the symptom assessment acronym : NOPQRSTUV

Author: Levy, Karen; Oliver, Judy

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Professional Practice Nursing

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2010

Series: Nursing education 19

Subjects: Nursing Assessment - methods; Pain Measurement; Palliative Care - methods

Abstract: Video shows an RN assessing a patient wo has dyspnea and pain. She will use the symtom assessment acronym "NOPQRSTUV" to guide her assessment.

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number: WY161 B365 2010 v.19

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Bartram's encyclopedia of herbal medicine

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Bartram, Thomas. New York, NY: Marlowe & Company , 1998.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV767 B294 1998

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Bartram, Thomas

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Marlowe & Company

Publication Date: 1998

Subjects: Medicine, Herbal - encyclopedias; Medicine - encyclopedias - popular works; Herbs - therapeutic use - encyclopedias; Phytotherapy

ISBN: 1569245500

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV767 B294 1998

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Best patient experience : helping physicians improve care, satisfaction, and scores

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Snyder, Bo. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press , 2016.

Audience: Professional

Table of Contents:; The heat is on: a case study -- A dozen reasons to care about patient satisfaction -- How to get physicians to engage on patient satisfaction-six steps that work in the real world -- Dealing with the objections of skeptical physicians -- How physicians can make and sustain indiv…

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Author: Snyder, Bo

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Publication Date: 2016

Series: R2 Library; ACHE management series

Subjects: Patient Satisfaction; Physician-Patient Relations; Quality of Health Care; Work Engagement; Work Performance; Quality Improvement

Abstract: Table of Contents:; The heat is on: a case study -- A dozen reasons to care about patient satisfaction -- How to get physicians to engage on patient satisfaction-six steps that work in the real world -- Dealing with the objections of skeptical physicians -- How physicians can make and sustain individual behavior changes -- How leaders can ensure success -- Issues with "the data"-our best friend and (sometimes) worst enemy -- How to shadow coach physicians: a DIY approach.

ISBN: 1567937381; 9781567937381; 9781567938098

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Boost : the science of recharging yourself in an age of unrelenting demands

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Gruman, Jamie A., Healey, Deirdre. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing , 2018.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WM172.4 G887 2018

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Table of contents:; 1.ReNU -- 2.HOW TO REAP THE BOOSTING BENEFITS OF NATURE -- 3.CUTTING THE VIRTUAL CORD -- 4.QUALITY TIME WITH THE SANDMAN -- 5.VOLUNTEERING -- 6.MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, AND MORE -- 7.FAMILY AND FRIENDS -- 8.EXERCISE -- 9.HOBBIES -- 10.VACATIONS DONE RIGHT -- EPILOGUE

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Author: Gruman, Jamie A.; Healey, Deirdre

Place of Publication: Charlotte, NC

Publisher: Information Age Publishing

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: xv, 193 p. : 24 cm.

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Stress, Psychological - prevention & control; Adaptation, Psychological; Burnout, Psychological - prevention & control; Work-Life Balance

Abstract: Table of contents:; 1.ReNU -- 2.HOW TO REAP THE BOOSTING BENEFITS OF NATURE -- 3.CUTTING THE VIRTUAL CORD -- 4.QUALITY TIME WITH THE SANDMAN -- 5.VOLUNTEERING -- 6.MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, AND MORE -- 7.FAMILY AND FRIENDS -- 8.EXERCISE -- 9.HOBBIES -- 10.VACATIONS DONE RIGHT -- EPILOGUE

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781641133029; 9781641133043; 9781641133036

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM172.4 G887 2018

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Bowes and Church's food values of portions commonly used

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Pennington, Jean A.T, Douglass, Judith Spungen. Philadelphia, PA: Harper & Row, Publishers , 2005. 18th ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QU145 P414b 2005

Author: Pennington, Jean A.T; Douglass, Judith Spungen

Edition: 18th ed.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers

Publication Date: 2005

Subjects: Food Analysis - tables; Nutrition - tables

ISBN: 0781744296

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: CSI Nutrition

Call Number: QU145 P414b 2005

Brachytherapy 2 : proceedings of the 5th International Selectron Users' Meeting 1988 : the Hague - the Netherlands

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International Selecton Users' Meeting (5th : 1988 : Hague, Netherlands). Leersum, Netherlands: Nucletron International B.V. , 1989.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ269 I61m 1988

Corporate Author: International Selecton Users' Meeting (5th : 1988 : Hague, Netherlands)

Editor: Mould, R.F

Place of Publication: Leersum, Netherlands

Publisher: Nucletron International B.V.

Publication Date: 1989

Subjects: Brachytherapy; Selectron

ISBN: 9080005622

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: VC Medical Physics

Call Number: QZ269 I61m 1988

Breast cancer in the life course: women's experiences

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Oktay, Julianne S, Walter, Carolyn A. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, Inc. , 1991.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WP870 O41 1991

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Oktay, Julianne S; Walter, Carolyn A

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 1991

Series: Springer series on social work 20

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology - popular works

ISBN: 826171109

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 O41 1991

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Breast cancer toolkit for aboriginal health care providers

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Alliance for Breast Cancer Information & Support, BC & Yukon. [Vancouver, BC?]: Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC and Yukon , 2008.

Audience: Professional; Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B830a 2008

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Includes:; Eating well with Canada's food guide : First nations, Inuit and Metis (2007); Abreast in the West 8(3) Summer 2007 (Then sunshine vitamin and breast cancer prevention by Cheri Van Patten); Abreast in the West 8(4) Fall 2007 (Preventing breast cancer recurrence : how much exercise is "eno…

Corporate Author: Alliance for Breast Cancer Information & Support, BC & Yukon

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Alliance for Breast Cancer Information and Support, BC and Yukon

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 10 p. : ill ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Health Personnel; First Nations; Cultural Diversity; Cross Cultural Comparison; Delivery of Health Care; Professional-Patient Relations; Ethnic Groups; Community Health Aides; Health Services Accessibility; Social Support; Patient Advocacy; British Columbia; BC Cancer Agency; Popular Work

Abstract: Includes:; Eating well with Canada's food guide : First nations, Inuit and Metis (2007); Abreast in the West 8(3) Summer 2007 (Then sunshine vitamin and breast cancer prevention by Cheri Van Patten); Abreast in the West 8(4) Fall 2007 (Preventing breast cancer recurrence : how much exercise is "enough"? by Susan R. Harris); Abreast in the West 11(2) Spring 2009; DVD titled : Breast cancer tool kit for aboriginal health care providers : orientation DVD (2009); Looking for and finding breast cancer; Understanding breast cancer; Understanding breast cancer treatments; Stories from aboriginal women; Talking to our family?; Recovery and lifestyle; What is palliative care?; Appendixes

Language: English

Material Type: Book; DVD

Audience: Professional; Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Library; Kelowna Library; Abbotsford Library; CN Aboriginal Care Coordinator

Call Number: WP870 B830a 2008

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Bugs 'R us : the role of microbes in human health and disease (including diarrhea and asthma)

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Finlay, B. Brett. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2013.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ206 B365 2013 v.340

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Monday noon seminar series; BCCA Research Seminar Series

Author: Finlay, B. Brett

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Research Centre Seminar Series

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: 60 minutes

Series: BC Cancer Research Centre seminar series 340

Subjects: Microbiota; Metagenome; Diarrhea - etiology; Asthma - etiology; Communicable Disease Control

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number: QZ206 B365 2013 v.340

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Calibration of survey instruments used in radiation protection for the assessment of ionizing radiation fields and radioactive surface contamination

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National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. [Bethesda, MD]: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements , 1991.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN650 N39 1991 v.112

Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Place of Publication: [Bethesda, MD]

Publisher: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

Publication Date: 1991

Series: NCRP report 112

Subjects: Nuclear Medicine - instrumentation; Nuclear Medicine - standards; Calibration - standards; Radiation Protection - standards; Radiation, Ionizing; Radiometry

ISBN: 0929600231

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: VC Medical Physics

Call Number: WN650 N39 1991 v.112

Canadian guidelines for the use of IVIG for hematologic and neurologic conditions

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Blajchman, Morris A. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WB354 C215h 2007

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Guidelines for the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic and neurologic conditions; Evidence-based guidelines on the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic and neurologic conditions; Guidelines on the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic conditions; Guidelines…

Alternate Title: Supplement to transfusion medicine reviews volume 21, number 2, Suppl. 1, April 2007

Author: Blajchman, Morris A

Editor: Hume, Heather A; Anderson, David R

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: W.B. Saunders

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: 107 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Hematologic Diseases - drug therapy; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Nervous System Diseases - drug therapy; Canada

Abstract: Guidelines for the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic and neurologic conditions; Evidence-based guidelines on the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic and neurologic conditions; Guidelines on the use of intravenous immune globulin for hematologic conditions; Guidelines on the use of intravenous immune globulin for neurologic conditions

ISSN: 0887-7963

Language: English

Material Type: Serial; Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: WB354 C215h 2007

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Cancer care : closer to home

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BC Cancer Agency. Fraser Valley Cancer Centre. Surrey, BC: BC Cancer Agency. Fraser Valley Cancer Centre , 1995.

Audience: Professional

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Fraser Valley Cancer Centre

Place of Publication: Surrey, BC

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Fraser Valley Cancer Centre

Publication Date: 1995

Subjects: Cancer Care Facilities - popular works - pamphlets; Quality of Health Care - pamphlets

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library Pamphlet File

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Cancer cell lines part 2

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Dordrecht ; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers , 1999.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 C215ma 1999 v.2

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Masters, John R. W; Palsson, Bernhard O

Place of Publication: Dordrecht ; Boston

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication Date: 1999

Physical Description: x, 376 p. ; 25 cm

Series: Human cell culture 2

Subjects: Tumor Cells, Cultured; Neoplasms - pathology

ISBN: 0792358783

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 C215ma 1999 v.2

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Cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery

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Johnson, George. New York, NY: Vintage Books , 2013.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ202 J67 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

An online version of the notes, available through "talaya.net" carry links to all of the references.

Author: Johnson, George

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Vintage Books

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: xii, 284 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - etiology; Neoplasms - history; Research; Popular Work

Abstract: An online version of the notes, available through "talaya.net" carry links to all of the references.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780307742308

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ202 J67 2013

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Cancer control report : regional analysis : 1984-93 : incidence, mortality and survival

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Coldman, Andrew J. [Vancouver, BC?]: Andrew J. Coldman , 1997.

Audience: Professional

Description of analysis; Presentation format and interpretation; Geographic analysis; Site selection; Description of site panels; Regional numbers of cancer cases and projections; Discussion; Panels; Table 1 : estimated annual cases of cancer in 20 health regions; Apendices

Author: Coldman, Andrew J

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Andrew J. Coldman

Publication Date: 1997

Subjects: Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms; Statistics; Unpublished Works; British Columbia

Abstract: Description of analysis; Presentation format and interpretation; Geographic analysis; Site selection; Description of site panels; Regional numbers of cancer cases and projections; Discussion; Panels; Table 1 : estimated annual cases of cancer in 20 health regions; Apendices