I suspect that the real reason for the pandemic is that cancer is an exceedingly convenient subject for teen authors.
For a while she produced bold and elegant flower studies, then in the 1890's she took up photography; her young daughter served as her convenient subject in intense and eloquent images.
First, it will be the first state where returns come in (it's the only Eastern Time Zone state to vote tomorrow), and all the big media is on the East Coast, so this will make it a convenient subject for conversation early on (hours before polls close elsewhere).
A cross-sectional study design with 154 convenient subjects recruited from the family clinics was used for this study.
Insects, because of their variety, small size, and easy availability, are convenient subjects for studying a wide array of problems in living systems.
Embryologists studying some of their most convenient subjects, the fertilized eggs of frogs and of sea urchins, have found that if the ATP content in one of these eggs falls below a certain critical level, the egg simply stops dividing and soon dies.
That makes rotifers convenient subjects for studies of the controversial idea that characteristics acquired during an individual's life can be passed down the generations in ways that are independent of mutations in the DNA.Dr Watabe and his colleagues first looked at whether caloric restriction does, indeed, work its magic on rotifers.
We have measured and modeled spontaneous otoacoustic emissions from the ear of the tokay gecko, a convenient experimental subject that produces robust emissions.
Rattus norvegicus is a convenient research subject, widely available, relatively inexpensive, easily handled, and with a range of physiological characteristics that are similar to those found in humans [ 12].
Field workers visited sampled households repeatedly including evenings and weekends and made appointments, if necessary, to return at a time that was convenient to study subjects to maximize participation.
Typically, the summer-time was a good time to get all the kids in, but no, it was always during the week, and that was not always the most convenient for subjects".
