Hesketh, Robin.
Betrayed by nature : the war on cancer / Robin Hesketh. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - x, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and causes. A short stroll through the history of cancer -- Counting cancers and comparing causes. Genes and cells: from normal to cancer. A bit of dogma: atoms, molecules, genes, and proteins -- What is a cell? -- "Cancer genes": what are they? -- A case of corruption. Cancer cells and whole genomes. Tumors: what are they? -- Let's sequence your DNA. Detection and treatment. Where are we? Where are we going?
A comprehensive history of the medical advances in the battle against cancer provides a tour of human biology to explain what happens to the body when the disease develops, and discusses the science behind current treatments.
9780230338487 0230338488
2011049931
Cancer.
Cancer--Research.
RC275 / .H47 2012
616.99/4027
Betrayed by nature : the war on cancer / Robin Hesketh. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - x, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and causes. A short stroll through the history of cancer -- Counting cancers and comparing causes. Genes and cells: from normal to cancer. A bit of dogma: atoms, molecules, genes, and proteins -- What is a cell? -- "Cancer genes": what are they? -- A case of corruption. Cancer cells and whole genomes. Tumors: what are they? -- Let's sequence your DNA. Detection and treatment. Where are we? Where are we going?
A comprehensive history of the medical advances in the battle against cancer provides a tour of human biology to explain what happens to the body when the disease develops, and discusses the science behind current treatments.
9780230338487 0230338488
2011049931
Cancer.
Cancer--Research.
RC275 / .H47 2012
616.99/4027