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Understanding Life Ser.: Understanding Cancer by Robin Hesketh (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009005995
ISBN-139781009005999
eBay Product ID (ePID)3057253480
Product Key Features
Number of Pages225 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnderstanding Cancer
SubjectLife Sciences / Developmental Biology, Internal Medicine
Publication Year2022
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience, Medical
AuthorRobin Hesketh
SeriesUnderstanding Life Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Length7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2021-050288
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 Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal616.994
Table Of Content1. 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 DescriptionNew Edition
Synopsis1 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 NumberRC263.H475 2022
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