What is cancer? / Janice Gabriel -- Predisposing factors to developing cancer / Janice Gabriel -- Cancer : what does a diagnosis mean for an individual and what are the implications for society? / Janice Gabriel -- The cell / Louise Knight -- Cytotoxic chemotherapy / Debbie Wright -- What are DNA and RNA? / Scott C. Edmunds -- Genetics and cancer / Scott C. Edmunds -- The immune system / Helmout Modjtahedi & Ailsa Clarke -- Tumour markers / F. Guy Gabriel -- Monoclonal antibodies / Helmout Modjtahedi -- What is translational oncology research? / Elaine Lennan -- The application of research methodology to cancer research / Carmel Sheppard -- Research ethics relating to cancer / David Carpenter.