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Breast cancer wars : hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America

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Lerner, Barron H. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2001.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WP11 L616 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Lerner, Barron H

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - history; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Patient Advocacy; Mammography; Women's Health

ISBN: 0195142616

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP11 L616 2001

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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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