An excellent BioInteractive animation describing factors related to the growth of tumors with audio and text support. Strong supporting material for teachers and students.

This video discusses the pathophysiology and major clinical signs and symptoms of acute leukemia. [10:19]

The author of a biography of cancer explains the history of cancer and the future of treatment.

This lesson will identify what causes cancer, how your immune system attempts to fight cancer and various treatments of cancer. This lesson will also investigate the affect cancer has on the body's ability to maintain homeostasis. It is...

An introduction to what cancer is and how it is the by-product of broken DNA replication. [12:36]

A video [11:34] that explains what monoclonal gammopathy from undetermined significance (MGUS) is, how it affects the bone marrow, and how it may develop multiple myeloma.

A video [7:38] that explains what leukemia is, how it affects blood and bone marrow, and some common symptoms.

A video [10:10] that explains what multiple myeloma is, how it affects plasma cells, and the symptoms it causes using the acronym CRAB.

A video [9:49] that explains what chronic myelogenous leukemia is as well as its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

It's one of the most feared medical conditions. But how did 'cancer' get its name?

This week, Harold Varmus was sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute. He's no stranger to government science, having headed the NIH during the 1990s before a stint as head of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr...

Will redefining cancer help prevent overdiagnosis and overtreatment?

Discover the role the p53 gene plays in preventing cancer. A brief presentation of the three genes related to cancer is followed by a more indepth look at the p53 gene and its role in preventing cancer.