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Understanding Cancer by Robin Hesketh (English) Hardcover Book
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- ISBN-13
- 9781316517178
- Book Title
- Understanding Cancer
- ISBN
- 9781316517178
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1316517179
ISBN-13
9781316517178
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2328299464
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
225 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Understanding Cancer
Subject
Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Internal Medicine
Publication Year
2022
Features
New Edition
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Series
Understanding Life Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2021-050288
Reviews
'How often have we attended a lecture or opened a book to find that within minutes we are smothered by complicated facts that are way beyond our understanding? There has been no simple introduction. The speaker/author is so involved in the topic that they could no longer see out of the intellectual hole that they had dug for themselves. If ever a book was written to dispel this fault, then this is the one, as Robin Hesketh has managed to provide a remarkably clear and readable account of the science behind cellular behaviour and faults that lead to the development of cancer. The book reads like a novel, and I found that I could hardly put it down. The literary style is at times light-hearted with humorous analogies.' Robert Whitaker, Anatomist, University of Cambridge
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
616.994
Table Of Content
1. Painting a clear picture; 2. Ancient history; 3. Counting cancer; 4. From DNA to protein; 5. What is a cell?; 6. Mutations; 7. Causes of cancer that can be controlled; 8. Causes of cancer that are difficult to control, accidents ... and other things; 9. Treating cancer by chemotherapy; 10. The road to utopia?
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
1 in 2 of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives and yet many of us don't understand how cancers arise. How many different kinds of cancer are there? What treatments are available? What does the future hold in terms of developing new therapies? This book demystifies cancer by explaining the underlying cell and molecular biology in a clear and accessible style. It answers the questions commonly asked about cancer such as what causes cancer and how cancer develops. It explains how DNA makes proteins and how mutations can corrupt those proteins. It also gives an overview of current therapies and how treatments may advance over the next decades, as well as explaining what actions we can take to help prevent cancer developing. Understanding Cancer is an accessible and engaging introduction to cancer biology for any interested reader., This book will enable general readers to understand the molecular features of cancer. It answers the questions commonly asked about cancer, looks at the global statistics, describes how damage to DNA (aka mutations) corrupts the behaviour of cells, explains current therapies and how treatments may advance in future., One in two of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives and yet many of us don't understand how cancers arise. How many different kinds of cancer are there? What treatments are available? What does the future hold in terms of developing new therapies? This book demystifies cancer by explaining the underlying cell and molecular biology in a clear and accessible style. It answers the questions commonly asked about cancer such as what causes cancer and how cancer develops. It explains how DNA makes proteins and how mutations can corrupt those proteins. It also gives an overview of current therapies and how treatments may advance over the next decades, as well as explaining what actions we can take to help prevent cancer developing. Understanding Cancer is an accessible and engaging introduction to cancer biology for any interested reader.
LC Classification Number
RC263.H475 2022
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