Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / Claudia Cornwall.
Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / Claudia Cornwall.
Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / Claudia Cornwall.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.
Call Numbers
G 2013/2868
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
More than a curiosity -- Palmer Beasley discovers a silent epidemic -- Harald zur Hausen solves the riddle of cervical cancer -- Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and Helicobacter pylori -- Paul Ewald stalks the stealth infections -- Gene hunters.
Publication information
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2013.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Neoplasms--history
- Neoplasms--microbiology
- History, 20th Century
- Oncogenic Viruses--pathogenicity
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Catching Cancer introduces readers to the investigators who created a medical revolution -- a new way of looking at cancer and its causes. Featuring interviews with notable scientists such as Harald zur Hausen, Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and others, the book tells the story of their struggles, their frustrations, and finally the breakthroughs t...
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Full title
Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / Claudia Cornwall.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2013.
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Call Numbers
G 2013/2868
Record Identifier
74VKPwlRqNbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPwlRqNbM
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ISBN
1442215224 (ebk.)
9781442215207 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1442215208 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781442215221 (ebk.)
DDC
616.994
MMS ID
991019498049702626
