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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

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

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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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

War on cancer : an anatomy of failure, a blueprint for the future

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14637

Faguet, Guy B. Dordrecht: Springer , 2005.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 F238 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Faguet, Guy B

Place of Publication: Dordrecht

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2005

Subjects: Neoplasms; Neoplasms - therapy; Research Design; Neoplasms - history; Medical Oncology

ISBN: 9781402036187; 1402036183

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 F238 2005

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library

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