Understanding Cancer

Developed by Lewis J. Kleinsmith Ph.D, Donna Kerrigan M.S., Susan Spangler

Discusses and illustrates what cancer is, explains the link between genes and cancer, and discusses what is known about the causes, detection and diagnosis of the disease.

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