Confronting Cancer
Cause and Prevention
Published on 30. September 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-14-014301-0 (ISBN)
Description
The main purpose of this book is to increase the awareness of interested laymen of the considerable potential for reducing cancer mortality by relatively simple measures. There are three principal points: avoiding risk factors; making use of early diagnostic methods; and management of established cancers. This book is an attempt to remove some of the doubts most of us have about this taboo subject.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-014301-0 (9780140143010)
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Content
List of Figures. Foreword by Sir Walter Bodmer, PhD, FRCPath, FRS. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. What is Cancer?. 3. The Causes of Cancer. 4. Smoking and Cancer. 5. Diet and Cancer. 6. Skin, Sunlight and Melanoma. 7. Radiation and Cancer. 8. Sex, Hormones and Reproduction. 9. Cancer, the Workplace and Environmental Pollution. 10. Inherited Cancer - the New Genetics. 11. The Mind, Society and Cancer. 12. Cancer and Infections - the Anti-cancer Vaccination?. 13. Screening for Cancer. 14. How Much Cancer is Preventable?. 15. Practical Advice. 16. What Does the Future Hold?. 17. Government, Individuals and the National Health Service. Index.