Understanding Cancer: Background, Clinical Trials, Research, and Prevention
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Understanding Cancer: Background, Clinical Trials, Research, and Prevention

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Angela C. Ray (Editor)

Series: Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments
BISAC: MED062000

Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a collection of related diseases that can occur almost anywhere in the body. At its core, cancer arises from changes in the genes that regulate how our body’s cells function. Genes control how cells work; however, alterations in these genes can lead to cells malfunctioning—causing them to grow and divide uncontrollably or avoid programmed cell death. These abnormal cells can become cancerous. Understanding how genetic changes contribute to cancer is one way to grasp the disease, while analyzing cancer statistics provides another perspective. Symptoms and treatments vary depending on the type and stage of cancer. Common approaches include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, while some treatment plans may also involve hormone therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or stem cell transplantation.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. What Is Cancer?
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 2. Causes and Prevention
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 3. Diagnosis and Staging
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 4. Cancer Disparities
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 5. Cancer Treatment
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 6. Cancer Statistics
National Cancer Institute

Chapter 7. Cancer Clinical Trials: Federal Actions and Selected Non-Federal Practices to Facilitate Diversity of Patients
United States Government Accountability Office

Chapter 8. Study on the Incidence of Cancer Diagnosis and Mortality Among Military Aviators and Aviation Support Personnel
United States Department of Defense

Chapter 9. Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2024
Committee on Energy and Commerce

Chapter 10. Breast Cancer: Why the Environment Matters
National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences

Chapter 11. Pediatric Cancer Studies: Early Results of the Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act
United States Government Accountability Office

Chapter 12. Declines in Cancer Death Rates Among Youth: United States, 2001–2021
Sally C. Curtin, M.A., and Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D.

Index

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