Skip header and navigation
The BC Cancer Library

Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.

  Refine by:

Refine by:

Format

2 records – page 1 of 1.

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

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113763
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
More Information
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

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency ARHCC Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr Available
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr Available
Show Less

Oncology : tumors and treatment, a photographic history : selections from the Burns Archive, 1845-1945

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14098
Burns, Stanley B. New York: Burns Archive Press , 2004.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ11 B967 2004
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
More Information
Alternate Title
v.1: Anesthesia era 1845-1875
v.2: Antiseptic era 1876-1900
v.3: X-Ray era 1901-1915
v.4: Radium era 1916-1945
Author
Burns, Stanley B
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Burns Archive Press
Publication Date
2004
Physical Description
4 v.
Subjects
Neoplasms - history
Radium - history
Radiotherapy - history
Anesthesia - history
Anti-Infective Agents, Local - history
X-Rays - history
ISBN
0961295880 (v.1)
0961295899 (v.2)
0974868809 (v.3)
0974868817 (v.4)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ11 B967 2004

Copies

v.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
v.2 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
v.3 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
v.4 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
Show Less