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Richard Foster and Paul Taylor

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  • The history of cancer medicines with a focus on cancer chemotherapy.
  • The sources of information to use when researching cancer medicines.
  • Important developments that led to the discovery of modern chemotherapeutics.
  • How developments in cancer medicines are reported in the news.
  • Modern perspectives of cancer chemotherapy.
  • An overview of new approaches to cancer treatment.
  • Telling the story: research and write a blog post about future directions in cancer medicines.

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Cancer medicines overview

Exploring Cancer Medicines is a learning opportunity for students who are looking for an overview of cancer medicines. It has received mixed reviews, with some students finding the course a good introduction to the topic, while others found the material to be too basic.

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