Treating Cancer

Introduction Methods of Treatment: Choosing a Weapon Taxol® and Yew: A WebQuest Senate Debate Separating Cherry Cola: A Simulation Designer Molecules: Esterification Cyber Scavenger Hunt

Preventing Cancer Introduction Michael B. Sporn: Prevention Pioneer In a Puff of Smoke: Preventing Lung Cancer You Become What You Eat: The Nutrition Factor Sun and Clouds: Preventing Skin Cancer The Gene Factor: Family History

Resources

Web Sites Print and Media Glossary About the Authors Teacher's Guide

The Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Scientists studying folic acid in the 1950s. Courtesy National Library of Medicine.

Breast cancer awareness stamp.

Smoking teddy bear in an anti-smoking ad from Luxembourg. Courtesy National Library of Medicine and the Ministry of Health, Luxembourg.

French poster reading, "If detected in time, all cancer is combatable." Courtesy National Library of Medicine.