CT scan; brain cancer (oligodendroglioma)

MRI scan; brain cancer (primitive neuroectodermal)

Prostate cancer cells

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

skin cancer cell

NK T-cell lymphoma is a highly aggressive cancer of a specific type of immune cell called lymphoid cells, and is associated with the Epstein Barr virus (glandular fever). In later stages of the disease, the lymphoma can spread to the lymph nodes, as in this case. 

CT scan; brain cancer (glioma)

Ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon

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viii, 116 pages : illustrations, maps (some in color) ; 38 cm

The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a HeLa cell which is displaying some blebbing. These blebs or ruffles visible on the surface of the cell are local bulges which form in the plasma membrane when it temporarily detaches from the underlying cytoskeleton. Cell blebbing is important for a variety of cellular processes including cell movement and cell division. HeLa cells are an immortal human epithelial cell line derived from a cancerous tumour of the cervix (adenocarcinoma). It was established in 1951 from a biopsy taken from Henrietta Lacks and was the first human cell line to survive and grow in the laboratory. Henrietta's cells were originally used in this way without permission from her or her family which raises issues about ethics and privacy. HeLa cells have been used extensively around the world in many different fields of research including cancer research, immunology and vaccine development. Width of image is 32 micrometres.

Watercolour drawing of a woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast. The breast has necrosed and ulcerated leaving the patient's muscles and rib cage exposed.

Woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast

2 unnumbered pages, 107 pages : 1 fol. table ; 21 cm

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

2 unnumbered pages, 150 , 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

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The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

Woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

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Cancer

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The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

HeLa cell, immortal human epithelial cancer cell line, SEM

Woman suffering from untreated cancer of the left breast

Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

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