topic:"Genes" found 25 records - BC Cancer Agency Library

Annie Parker decoded : the story that inspired the film

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Parker, Annie. Brampton, ON: Annie Parker Books , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 P238 2014

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

This book follows Annie Parker and her cancer journey, loss of family members and being one of the first women in Canada to be tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation, confirming her beliefs that her cancer were hereditary.

Author: Parker, Annie

Place of Publication: Brampton, ON

Publisher: Annie Parker Books

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome; Genes, BRCA1; Personal Narratives; Autobiography

Abstract: This book follows Annie Parker and her cancer journey, loss of family members and being one of the first women in Canada to be tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation, confirming her beliefs that her cancer were hereditary.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9780993830501

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 P238 2014

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Autologous and cancer stem cell gene therapy

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Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific , 2008.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QH588 S83 A939 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Bertolotti, Roger; Ozawa, Keiya

Place of Publication: Hackensack, NJ

Publisher: World Scientific

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: xii, 446 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series: Progress in gene therapy 3

Subjects: Gene Therapy; Stem Cells; Neoplastic Stem Cells; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cell Transplantation; Transplantation, Autologous

ISBN: 9789812775863; 9812775862

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QH588 S83 A939 2008

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BRCA1 and BRCA2 predictive genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancers : a systematic review of clinical evidence

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McGahan, Lynda. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) , 2006.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: Technology report, Issue 66, March 2006

Author: McGahan, Lynda

Corporate Author: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment

Place of Publication: [Ottawa, ON]

Publisher: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)

Publication Date: 2006

Series: CADTH report; Technology report 66

Subjects: Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Genetic Screening; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Ovarian Neoplasms - genetics; Technology Assessment, Biomedical

ISBN: 1894978986 (print); 1894978994 (online)

Language: English

Material Type: Report; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Breast cancer in the family : understanding your risk: 38 p. : ill.

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Willow Breast and Hereditary Cancer Support. [Toronto, ON]: Willow Breast and Hereditary Cancer Support , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Corporate Author: Willow Breast and Hereditary Cancer Support

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Willow Breast and Hereditary Cancer Support

Publication Date: 2011

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Risk Factors; Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Genetic Testing; Early Detection of Cancer; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Cancer gene therapy

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Totowa, NJ: Humana Press , c2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 C212c 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Curiel, David; Douglas, Joanne T

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: c2004

Physical Description: p. ; cm

Series: Contemporary cancer research

Subjects: Gene Therapy; Neoplasms - therapy

ISBN: 1588292134 (alk. paper)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ266 C212c 2004

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Cancer in the family : take control of your genetic inheritance

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Ross, Theodora. New York, NY: Avery , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ210 R826 2016

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Ross, Theodora

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Avery

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: xv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - genetics; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genes, BRCA1; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Testing; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781101982839

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ210 R826 2016

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

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Confronting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer : identify your risk, understand your options, change your destiny

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Friedman, Sue, Sutphen, Rebecca, Steligo, Kathy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 F911 2012

Availability: 8 copies, 8 available

Author: Friedman, Sue; Sutphen, Rebecca; Steligo, Kathy

Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xix, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Johns Hopkins Press health book

Subjects: Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Ovarian Neoplasms - genetics; Neoplasms - etiology; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Testing; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Risk Factors; Popular Work

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781421404080; 1421404087

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 F911 2012

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Exiting the pluripotent state and back again

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Thomson, James Alexander. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2010.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ206 B365 2010 v.280

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Monday noon seminar series

Author: Thomson, James Alexander

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Research Centre Seminar Series

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: 60 minutes

Series: BC Cancer Research Centre seminar series 280

Subjects: Pluripotent Stem Cells; Gene Therapy

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number: QZ206 B365 2010 v.280

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Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells for use in nonmyeloablative transplantation

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Bakovic, Silvia. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: LE3 2007 B168

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Bakovic, Silvia

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: University of British Columbia

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: xiv, 132 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Gene Therapy; Genes, Homeobox

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Thesis

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: LE3 2007 B168

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Gene therapy of cancer : translational approaches from preclinical studies to clinical implementation

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[Toronto, ON]: Academic Press , 1999.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ266 G327 1999

Editor: Lattime, Edmund C; Gerson, Stanton L

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 1999

Subjects: Gene Therapy; Neoplasms - therapy

ISBN: 0124371906

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ266 G327 1999

Gliomas

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New York, NY: Springer , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ206 RE34 2009 v.171

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Deimling, Andreas von

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xv, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: Recent results in cancer research 171

Subjects: Brain Neoplasms - genetics; Brain Neoplasms - pathology; Glioma - therapy; Astrocytoma; Oligodendroglioma; Gene Therapy

ISBN: 9783540312055; 3540312056

ISSN: 0080-0015

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ206 RE34 2009 v.171

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In the family

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Rudnick, Joanna. New York, NY: First Run Features , 2008. closed captioned version.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 R916 2008

Availability: 3 copies, 3 available

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is …

Author: Rudnick, Joanna

Edition: closed captioned version

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: First Run Features

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: colour ; 83 minutes

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Genes, BRCA1; Ovarian Neoplasms - genetics; Genetic Screening - psychology; Genetic Counseling; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Fertility; Reproductive Behavior; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.; In the Family follows Joanna as she connects with other women trying to navigate the unpredictable world of predictive genetic testing. Intensely personal and timely, this provocative film asks: How much do you sacrifice to survive?

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 R916 2008

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Management of prostate cancer

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Jones, J. Stephen. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press , 2013. 3rd ed.

Audience: Professional

The thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Management of Prostate Cancer provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Highlighting the latest major advances in the field, the book includes chapters on t…

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Author: Jones, J. Stephen

Editor: Klein, Eric A

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: 2013

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Prostatectomy; Gene Therapy; Radiotherapy

Abstract: The thoroughly updated and revised third edition of Management of Prostate Cancer provides concise and authoritative guidance to today's best therapeutic regimens for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Highlighting the latest major advances in the field, the book includes chapters on the most controversial areas of prostate cancer - screening, chemoprevention, and active surveillance; updated chapters on genetic risk and progression, biopsy schemes, treatment of complications, and comparative treatment outcomes for surgery; and new chapters on risk factors, new markers, nomograms, and focal therapy. This volume also features overviews of new and emerging drugs and treatment paradigms for castrate resistant disease, advances that promise to extend life and perhaps even cure a subset of men with metastatic disease.; Epidemiology and Risk Factors; Twenty Years and Counting: Is PSA Still Useful in 2010?; Prostate Cancer Screening: A Review of the Evidence with Clinical Practice Implications; Beyond PSA: Promising New Markers for Prostate Cancer; Hereditary Prostate Cancer and Genetic Risk; Prostate Inflammation and Prostate Cancer; Molecular Progression of Prostate Cancer: Androgens and Estrogens; The Role of Obesity and Diet in Prostate Cancer; Prostate Cancer Risk Reduction by Chemoprevention; Current Issues in Pathologic Evaluation; Optimum Prostate Biopsy: Techniques and Strategies; The Utility of Nomograms in Routine Clinical Practice; Active Surveillance Comes of Age; Focal Therapy: Prostate Hemiablation as the First Historical Treatment Model for Focal Therapy of Early Stage Prostate Cancer; Contemporary External Beam Radiotherapy; Surgery, Brachytherapy, or External Beam Radiation for Low- and Intermediate-Risk Disease?; The Role for Radical Prostatectomy in Advanced Prostate Cancer; Radiation Therapy in the Management of Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer; Clinical Implications of Measuring Quality-of-Life in Early Stage Prostate Cancer; Treatment Modalities of Post- prostatectomy Incontinence: A Historical Perspective as Well as Current Therapy Options; Management of Biochemical Recurrence After Localized Treatment for Prostate Cancer; Management of Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Disease ;; Pitfalls of Androgen Deprivation Therapy; Current Management of Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC); Beta-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals and Bone Metastasis

ISBN: 9781607612582

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Management of prostate cancer

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Totowa, NJ: Humana Press , 2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WJ752 M489k 2004

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Editor: Klein, Eric A

Place of Publication: Totowa, NJ

Publisher: Humana Press

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Prostatectomy; Gene Therapy; Radiotherapy

ISBN: 1588293041

Language: English

Material Type: Book; CD

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library; Kelowna Library

Call Number: WJ752 M489k 2004

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Managing BRCA mutation carriers

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Cham, Switzerland: Springer , 2017.

Audience: Professional

Table of Contents:; Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer -- Genetic Evaluation for Women at Increased Risk -- Imaging Screening and Surveillance -- Risk-Reducing Surgery for BRCA1/2 Genetic Mutation Carriers -- Prophylactic Oophorectomy for Patients with Germline BRCA Mutations -- Pathology of BRCA Tu…

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Editor: Chagpar, Anees B.

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2017

Series: EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; BRCA1 Protein; BRCA2 Protein; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary

Abstract: Table of Contents:; Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer -- Genetic Evaluation for Women at Increased Risk -- Imaging Screening and Surveillance -- Risk-Reducing Surgery for BRCA1/2 Genetic Mutation Carriers -- Prophylactic Oophorectomy for Patients with Germline BRCA Mutations -- Pathology of BRCA Tumors -- Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers -- Medical Management of Breast Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers -- Radiation Oncology Considerations in the Management of Mutation Carriers with Breast Cancer -- Fertility Preservation in BRCA Carriers: Special Considerations -- Management of Male BRCA Mutation Carriers -- Psychosocial, Ethical, and Legal Implications for Mutation Carriers.

Notes: BRCA stands for "BReast CAncer"

ISBN: 9783319591971; 9783319591988

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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