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2) Cancer
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the effects, prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer." -- T.p. verso.
3) Life savers
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Publisher
Magic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Meet eleven real-life emergency service heroes and discover what their days are like and the important equipment they use to save lives.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Just what is a jackalope? Purported to be part jackrabbit and part antelope, the jackalope began as a local joke concocted by two young brothers in a small Wyoming town during the Great Depression. Their creation quickly spread around the U.S., where it now regularly appears as innumerable forms of kitsch--wall mounts, postcards, keychains, coffee mugs, shot glasses, and so on. A vast body of folk narratives has carried the jackalope's fame around...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author Margaret Truman is beloved for her highly acclaimed Capital Crimes mystery series. In this adventure, former secret agent Max Pauling is offered a chance to do investigative work in Cuba. Although not anticipating danger, one of his sources is killed and he is assaulted. Max realizes that someone doesn't want him to uncover certain secrets of the isla bonita. Narrator Richard Poe brings out the suspense in this international thriller....
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Series
Annie's Attic Mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Annie's Attic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Annie Dawson and her friends from the Hook and Needle Club search for props for a play to be held in Stony Point's Cultural Center, they discover a secret hidden for more than 45 years in her old home's attic. The production of the play will benefit a fund for breast cancer research.
Author
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The book offers insights to patients and caregivers in an easy to consume, scientifically based, medically rooted update"--
"Advocate for Yourself! No one with lung cancer needs to be alone in their fight against this disease. Lung Cancer: Your Questions, Expert Answers, Fifth Edition guides patients and their families through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. Providing both the doctor's and patient's point of view, this book is a complete...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Barbara Delinsky's 1998 bestseller, COAST ROAD, featured a heroine who was a breast cancer survivor. To this day, it is the book that generates more mail than any of her others. That fact, combined with Barbara's ongoing commitment to breast cancer research, led her to her first book of nonfiction. Not a medical book -- there is no discussion of the pros and cons of a particular treatment or hospital or doctor -- UPLIFT is rather a collection of...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In our current era of rapidly developing cancer drugs and therapies, we also see improvement of cancer treatment outcomes stagnating when it comes to determining quality of life or long-term survival. This is because while new treatments are making small incremental progress in outcomes, most cancer patients still depend on conventional methods that are both toxic and ineffective. While new cancer drugs are becoming more precise or targeted, less...
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