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The Realities of Predicting Breast Cancer Risk 2.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Genetic Testing and Breast Cancer: Moral, Legal and Social Issues ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical Technology.
- Medications.
- Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Medical Technology.
- Medications.
- Sciences.
- Genre:
- Lecture/presentation
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This program features Margaret Lock, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology at McGill University, who begins her lecture speaking of the best-selling author Stephen J. Gould, who was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer, called peritoneal mesothelioma, which affects the abdominal lining. Statistically, the average life expectancy for 50% of people with this cancer is only 7- 8 months; this led Gould to publish an article titled 'The Median Isn't the Message,' in which he concluded that the other 50% could live longer, which he did, making a full recovery. Dr. Lock concludes the series by addressing the realities of genetic testing and predicting breast cancer.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
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