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Dolan Dna Learning Center: Inside Cancer
Multimedia guide to cancer provided by Dolan DNA Learning Center. The site is extremely comprehensive and is divided into four main segments:Hallmarks of Cancer,Causes and Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment, and Pathways to Cancer. The...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute: Cancer Topics
This site provides information on virtually every type of cancer. Information can be found on prevention, causes, detection, treatments, research, and support groups.
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Cancer
General information on what cancer is, types of cancer, treatment and prevention.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Transplantation and Cancer Immunology
Students discover how blood typing affects transfusions and organ transplants. They will also learn how the immune response is able to control some cancers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Cancer Grows
Follow the growth of a carcinoma from initial mutation to widespread metastasis in this feature from the NOVA: "Cancer Warrior" Web site.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? How to Rebuild the Surface of a Cell?
Students examine how to rebuild the surface of a cell. The article discusses cell protein, cell surface, and Carolyn Bertozzi. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
Remedy Health Media
Health Central: Cancer Overview
This site provides many links on information about cancer.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Childhood Cancer
This article gives information about childhood cancer and its most common cause, genetic mutation. Treatment information is also included.
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Cancer Index: About Cancer
This site from the Cancer Index explains what cancer is and gives statistics (mostly in the form of graphs) about who is most likely to contract which type of cancer. The topics are presented in link form at the top of the article for...
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National Childhood Cancer Foundation
This excellent National Childhood Cancer Foundation site offers information and resources on childhood cancer and the search for a cure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cancer
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cancer is a disease that causes cells to divide out of control. Normally, the body has systems that prevent cells from dividing out of control. But in the case of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cancer and Hexokinase
Practice for the MCAT with these questions based on the given graphs and tables about hexokinase.
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Cancer Index: Index Home
This site from the Cancer Index provides a long list of links to sites on every imaginable type of cancer, genes related to cancer, treatments, and resources for cancer patients and their families. The index can be viewed alphabetically,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cancer: Lesson 4
This lesson will explain how cancer is caused by a gene mutation. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Cancer."