Is Cancer Inevitable? Contributor(s): Weeraratna, Ashani T. (Author), Wendel, Tim (With) |
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ISBN: 1421442744 ISBN-13: 9781421442747 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
Dewey: 362.196 |
LCCN: 2021018587 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.09" W x 7.18" (0.32 lbs) 152 pages |
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Publisher Description: Cancer is a formidable enemy. In fact, people born in America since 1960 face a one in two chance of being diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. However, there's growing evidence that fewer cancers will be death sentences for patients. New approaches and understandings are transforming the medical world, increasing success rates for remissions, disease management, and cures. Dr. Ashani Weeraratna is at the forefront of this new level of care. In Is Cancer Inevitable?, Weeraratna--a pioneering melanoma researcher whose work explores the role aging plays in cancer cells' spread and drug resistance--gives readers an inside look at several of the latest cancer advances. Detailing the actions that are reducing the disease's impact and exploring what the future may hold, she explains how the molecular mechanisms involved in metastasis and the cells' microenvironments influence cancer's development and progression. Over the years, she writes, our understanding of how cancer cells move throughout the body, change as they plant themselves in the body's microenvironments, and even communicate with one another have led to major insights about how cancer works. With compelling detail, she takes us inside her lab, revealing how new insights are leading to major breakthroughs, even among patients with Stage IV cancer. She also explains how age-related changes in the microenvironment contribute to multiple aspects of melanoma formation and development. Such scholarship, she argues, is moving us toward a day when more patients will be declared cancer-free. An inspiring and deeply personal book, Is Cancer Inevitable? offers readers newfound hope. Features Johns Hopkins Wavelengths In classrooms, field stations, and laboratories in Baltimore and around the world, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professors of Johns Hopkins University are opening the boundaries of our understanding of many of the world's most complex challenges. The Johns Hopkins Wavelengths book series brings readers inside their stories, illustrating how their pioneering discoveries benefit people in their neighborhoods and across the globe in artificial intelligence, cancer research, food systems' environmental impacts, health equity, science diplomacy, and other critical arenas of study. Through these compelling narratives, their insights will spark conversations from dorm rooms to dining rooms to boardrooms. |