What Science Knows about Cancer (Great Courses) (Teaching Company) (Course Number 1956 DVD)

24 Lectures 1Cancer Is an Ongoing Challenge 2Cancer Is a Major Burden to Society 3Discovering Causes of Cancer in Populations 4Some Causes of Cancer in Populations 5DNA Is the Key to Understanding Cancer 6How Does DNA Change to Initiate Cancer? 7How Do We Know If Something Causes Cancer? 8How Do Normal Cells Function? 9What Is Different about Cancer Cells? 10How Do Tumors Grow? 11How Tumors Spread and Thrive 12What Are Tumor Viruses? 13How Do Tumor Viruses Cause Cancer? 14How Do Cancer-Causing Genes Work? 15Can Cancer Be Inherited? 16How Do Normal Genes Suppress Tumors? 17How Do Genetic Changes Result in Cancer? 18Treating Cancer with Surgery 19Treating Cancer with Radiation 20Treating Cancer with Drugs 21How Do Drugs Attack Cancer? 22Frontiers of Cancer Treatment 23Can Screening for Cancer Be Useful? 24Can Cancer Be Prevented?