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    Betrayed by nature : the war on cancer / Robin Hesketh.

    By: Hesketh, RobinMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: x, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780230338487; 0230338488Subject(s): Cancer | Cancer -- ResearchDDC classification: 616.99/4027 LOC classification: RC275 | .H47 2012
    Contents:
    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?
    Summary: 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.
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    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.

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