The landscape of cancer treatment and prevention is a vastly different place
than it was even a decade ago. Thanks to a relatively new focus on molecular
medicine, researchers are gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms
involved in the disease, poising them on the brink of huge breakthroughs. What
Science Knows about Cancer reports from the front lines of the war on cancer
with a clear and scientifically precise—yet thoroughly accessible—guide to how
the disease develops, thrives, and can potentially be conquered. An abundance
of edifying charts, slides, and animations provide a rich visual reference for
the information presented, while in-depth accounts of patient histories,
clinical trials, and epidemiologic studies enrich your experience and aid
comprehension. Taught by David Sadava, a laboratory researcher at the City of
Hope Medical Center and an award-winning professor of biology at The Claremont
Colleges, this fascinating 24-lecture course leaves no stone unturned in
explaining the amazing ways cancer works to subvert the body, and how new
therapies can reverse these insidious processes. Cancer isn't necessarily
something any of us likes to think about, but knowledge truly is power.