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What science knows about cancer [eFilm]

2013
Videos and DVDs
Get a clear, scientifically precise guide to how cancer develops, thrives, and can potentially be conquered. Using a highly visual, step-by-step approach taking you deep inside the cancer cell, Professor Sadava answers your questions about the disease and debunks myths with a level of specificity, scientific rigor, and candor that is rare to find.
Imprint:
[United States] : The Great Courses, 2013.Made available through hoopla
Collation:
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sd., col.
Series:
Great courses ; no. 1956
Performers:
Lecturer: Professor David Sadava, City of Hope Medical Center and the Claremont Colleges.
Audience:
Rated TVPG.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Episode 1 Cancer Is an Ongoing Challenge Episode 2 Cancer Is a Major Burden to Society Episode 3 Discovering Causes of Cancer in Populations Episode 4 Some Causes of Cancer in Populations Episode 5 DNA Is the Key to Understanding Cancer Episode 6 How Does DNA Change to Initiate Cancer? Episode 7 How Do We Know If Something Causes Cancer? Episode 8 How Do Normal Cells Function? Episode 9 What Is Different about Cancer Cells? Episode 10 How Do Tumors Grow? Episode 11 How Tumors Spread and Thrive Episode 12 What Are Tumor Viruses? Episode 13 How Do Tumor Viruses Cause Cancer? Episode 14 How Do Cancer-Causing Genes Work? Episode 15 Can Cancer Be Inherited? Episode 16 How Do Normal Genes Suppress Tumors? Episode 17 How Do Genetic Changes Result in Cancer? Episode 18 Treating Cancer with Surgery Episode 19 Treating Cancer with Radiation Episode 20 Treating Cancer with Drugs Episode 21 How Do Drugs Attack Cancer? Episode 22 Frontiers of Cancer Treatment Episode 23 Can Screening for Cancer Be Useful? Episode 24 Can Cancer Be Prevented?.
Access restrictions:
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Dewey class:
616.994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
442568
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