What Science Knows about Cancer

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

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

By This Professor
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?

Taught by

David Sadava

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