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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