Betrayed by nature : the war on cancer / Robin Hesketh.
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TextPublisher: 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| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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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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