Index to Nat's essays on cancer and medicine
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Cancer essays, not disease specific
How metastases arise, part 1, 12 May 2023
How metastases arise, part 2, 30 June 2023
How metastases arise, part 3, 26 July 2023
How metastases arise, part 3a - summary for non-scientists, 18 August 2023
How metastases arise, part 3b-1 - What cells normally migrate, 11 January 2024
How metastases arise, part 3b-1a - Cell migration in the embryo and fetus, 16 October 2023
How metatases arise, part 3b-1b - Cell migration in children and adults, 31 October 2023
How metastases arise, Part 3b-2 - How cells normally migrate, 30 January 2024
Cancer Statistics 2023, 2 August 2023
The top causes of U.S. cancer deaths and lung cancer, strategic plan discussion #5, 1 March 2023
U.S. cancer deaths, 25 December 2022
The American Code Against Cancer, 10 January 2023
The American Code Against Cancer, 24 July 2024
What should our goal be for reducing cancer deaths? 31 December 2022
The American Cancer Society has changed its mission statement, 6 November 2022
The scientific process - advancing cancer knowledge, 8 December 2023
Cancer images and disease overviews
Bone, joints & soft tissue cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer - grading, 18 September 2023
Inflammatory breast cancer, 27 March 2023
My mammogram, 8 September 2023
Breast cancers with precursor lesions, part 6a, 12 November 2024
Breast cancers with precursor lesions, part 6b, 18 November 2024
Breast cancers with precursor lesions, part 6c, 17 December 2024
Central nervous system cancer (brain and spinal cord)
Cancer precursor project - Premalignant precursors for glioblastoma, 20 March 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 2 (brain and eye tumors), 24 April 2024
Gastrointestinal cancer (anus, appendix, colon, esophagus, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, small intestine, stomach)
Bile duct cancer, 18 December 2023
Liver cancer, 7 November 2023
What the medical community has learned from studying colorectal cancer, 20 March 2023
What the medical community has learned from studying pancreatic cancer, 1 April 2023
Genitourinary / adrenal cancer (adrenal gland, bladder, kidney, penis, prostate, testis)
Bladder cancer, 28 April 2023
Prostatic adenocarcinoma (prostate cancer), 21 March 2023
Gynecologic cancer (cervix, fallopian tubes, ovary, peritoneum, placenta, urethra (female), uterus, vulva, vagina)
Ovarian cancer, part 1, 9 February 2024
Head & neck cancer (ear, eye, larynx & trachea, mandible & maxilla, nasal cavity, oral cavity, salivary glands, thyroid & parathyroid)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers, 17 May 2023
Oral cavity cancer - Verrucous carcinoma, 8 May 2023
Leukemia and lymphoma (cancer of the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen)
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, an overview, 3 May 2023
Hodgkin lymphoma, an overview, 2 June 2023
Lymphoproliferative disorders - cancer-like conditions caused by immunodeficiency, 16 June 2023
Plasma cell myeloma, an overview, 4 September 2023
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 5a (hematopathology), 13 June 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 5b (hematopathology), 23 June 2024
Skin cancer
Skin cancer, a case history, 5 February 2023
Melanoma, 4 April 2023
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 3a (dermatopathology), 6 May 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 3b (dermatopathology), 13 May 2024
Thoracic cancer (heart, lung, mediastinum, pleura)
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Cancer newsletter
Curing Cancer Network, October 2024
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 17 July 2024
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 30 April 2024
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 29 December 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 24 October 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 9 August 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 10 May 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 17 March 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 28 January 2023
Curing Cancer Newsletter, 18 December 2022
Cancer precursor project
Premalignant disease, 16 February 2023
Understanding cancer precursors, 7 January 2024
Cancer precursor lesions project, 31 January 2024
Cancer precursor project - Neuroendocrine tumors, 10 March 2024
Cancer precursor project - Premalignant precursors for glioblastoma, 20 March 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 1 (carcinomas), 3 April 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 2 (brain and eye tumors), 24 April 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 3a (dermatopathology), 6 May 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 3b (dermatopathology), 13 May 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 5a (hematopathology), 13 June 2024
Cancer precursor project - characteristics of premalignant precursors, part 5b (hematopathology), 23 June 2024
Cancer precursor project - summary as of 18 July 2024, 18 July 2024
Breast cancers with precursor lesions, part 6a, 12 November 2024
Breast cancers with precursor lesions, part 6b, 18 November 2024
Cancer strategic plan
Our strategic plan to substantially reduce cancer deaths, 30 May 2023
Strategic plan discussion #1 - Cancer is the #2 cause of death in the U.S., 14 November 2022
Strategic plan to substantially reduce cancer deaths - discussion #2, Choosing a target for success, 29 December 2022
Strategic plan to substantially reduce cancer deaths - discussion #3, Treatment should target the various biologic networks that promote the cancer process, 13 January 2023
Combinations of combinations of therapy to cure aggressive adult cancers, strategic plan discussion #4, 3 February 2023
The top causes of U.S. cancer deaths and lung cancer, strategic plan discussion #5, 1 March 2023
Healthcare
Take It From a Scientist. Facts Matter, and They Don’t Care How You Feel, 22 September 2024
Integrity, 18 June 2024
Physicians and the media, 24 November 2023
Medical terminology named after Nazi supporters, 7 July 2023
Do people change? 31 January 2023
Weight loss and dieting - essay #1, 25 January 2023
Weight loss and dieting essays, 20 January 2023
Screening colonoscopies are free due to the Affordable Care Act, 10 January 2023
Closure of vegan restaurants and why a healthy diet is so important, 6 January 2023
What is your hidden programming? 23 December 2022
How to be a successful patient, 22 November 2022
You probably should not have to pay anything for your colonoscopy, 23 October 2022
Other disease images
Cardiac myxoma, 24 August 2023
Science
Scientific censorship by governments, 15 May 2023
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