Betrayed by nature : the war on cancer
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
x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780230338487, 0230338488
745979636
A short stroll through the history of cancer
Counting cancers and comparing causes
A bit of dogma: atoms, molecules, genes, and proteins
What is a cell?
"Cancer genes": what are they?
A case of corruption
Tumors: what are they?
Let's sequence your DNA
Where are we? Where are we going?