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What Science Knows about Cancer

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Arm yourself with information. In this course taught by a frontline cancer researcher, you discover how cancer is caused, how it works, and what science is doing to stop it.

Syllabus

  • 01: Cancer Is an Ongoing Challenge
  • 02: Cancer Is a Major Burden to Society
  • 03: Discovering Causes of Cancer in Populations
  • 04: Some Causes of Cancer in Populations
  • 05: DNA Is the Key to Understanding Cancer
  • 06: How Does DNA Change to Initiate Cancer?
  • 07: How Do We Know If Something Causes Cancer?
  • 08: How Do Normal Cells Function?
  • 09: What Is Different about Cancer Cells?
  • 10: How Do Tumors Grow?
  • 11: How Tumors Spread and Thrive
  • 12: What Are Tumor Viruses?
  • 13: How Do Tumor Viruses Cause Cancer?
  • 14: How Do Cancer-Causing Genes Work?
  • 15: Can Cancer Be Inherited?
  • 16: How Do Normal Genes Suppress Tumors?
  • 17: How Do Genetic Changes Result in Cancer?
  • 18: Treating Cancer with Surgery
  • 19: Treating Cancer with Radiation
  • 20: Treating Cancer with Drugs
  • 21: How Do Drugs Attack Cancer?
  • 22: Frontiers of Cancer Treatment
  • 23: Can Screening for Cancer Be Useful?
  • 24: Can Cancer Be Prevented?
  • By This Professor

Taught by

David Sadava

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