topic:"United States" found 8 records - BC Cancer Agency Library

Cancer clinical trials : a commonsense guide to experimental cancer therapies and clinical trials

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Beer, Tomasz M, Axmaker, Larry. New York, NY: DiaMedica Publishing , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ267 B415 2012

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Author: Beer, Tomasz M; Axmaker, Larry

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: DiaMedica Publishing

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xxvi, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - therapy; Clinical Trials as Topic; Decision Making; Antineoplastic Protocols; Therapies, Investigational; Biomedical Research; United States

ISBN: 9780982321973

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ267 B415 2012

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Cancerland : a medical memoir

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Scadden, David, D'Antonio, Michael. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books | St. Martin's Press , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ21 S277 2018

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Scadden, David; D'Antonio, Michael

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: 308 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill.(chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Oncologists; Neoplasms - therapy; Stem Cell Research; United States; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781250092755; 9781250092779; 1250092752

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ21 S277 2018

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Cancer : the emperor of all maladies

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Burns, Ken, Goodman, Barak, Mukherjee, Siddhartha. Arlington, VA: PBS , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Alternate Title: Cancer : the emperor of all maladies (Television program)

Author: Burns, Ken; Goodman, Barak; Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: Arlington, VA

Publisher: PBS

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Biomedical Research - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781627892773

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ11.1 C215b 2015 v.1-3

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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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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

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Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781439107959; 1439107955; 9781439170915 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

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Skloot, Rebecca. New York, NY: Crown Publishers , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WO690 S629i 2010

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Skloot, Rebecca

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Crown Publishers

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics; Confidentiality - ethics; HeLa Cells; Prejudice; Human Experimentation - ethics; African Americans; Cell Line; History, 20th Century; United States; Biography

ISBN: 9781400052172; 1400052173

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WO690 S629i 2010

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