What Science Knows About Cancer

By: David Sadava, The Great Courses

Narrated by: David Sadava

The landscape of cancer treatment and prevention is a vastly different place than it was even a decade ago. Thanks to a relatively new focus on molecular medicine, researchers are gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved in the disease, poising them on the brink of huge breakthroughs.

What Science Knows About Cancer reports from the front lines of the war on cancer with a clear and scientifically precise - yet thoroughly accessible - guide to how the disease develops, thrives, and can potentially be conquered. An abundance of edifying charts and slides provide a rich visual reference for the information presented, while in-depth accounts of patient histories, clinical trials, and epidemiologic studies enrich your experience and aid comprehension. Taught by David Sadava, a laboratory researcher at the City of Hope Medical Center and an award-winning professor of biology at The Claremont Colleges, this fascinating 24-lecture course leaves no stone unturned in explaining the amazing ways cancer works to subvert the body, and how new therapies can reverse these insidious processes. Cancer isn't necessarily something any of us likes to think about, but knowledge truly is power.

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Excellent

This course is excellent all the way around. I recommend it to Just about anyone.

Great Course!

One of the better great courses. The lecturer was clear but did not talk down to listeners. He was clearly extremely interested in the subject and wanted listeners to understand it well.

I learned how little I knew - Recommend!

A well organized review of science based principles of cancer development and steps to take to mitigate. I learned a great deal. Cleared up numerous misconceptions.

Good information

But, presented in an odd way. Worth the listen though. It’s not a textbook for beginners though.

Good overall but need PDF

It was hard to follow without the diagrams he was talking about. I enjoyed it however because I still learned.