A world without cancer : the making of a new cure and the real promise of prevention
Record details
- ISBN: 1623361591 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781623361594 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1609618858 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781609618858 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
p. cm.
print - Publisher: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Honoring a commitment -- Understanding cancer -- The promise and limits of screening -- Cut, poison, and burn: a look at today's treatment options -- What the market will bear -- Paying more, settling for less -- Cancer's collateral damage -- Shifting the research approach -- Making prevention a priority -- Cancer-proofing the environment -- Ending the scourge of tobacco -- Fighting cancer with nutrition and physical activity -- The power of vitamin D -- Can pills prevent cancer? -- On the cutting edge of science -- Final word: from imagination to transformation. |
Summary, etc.: | A report on how politics, ambition, and profits are obstructing advances in the war on cancer outlines a call for change that explains how most funding is being used to promote companies and individuals at the expense of cancer prevention programs. |
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Subject: | Cancer Prevention Medicine, Preventive Cancer Nutritional aspects Physical fitness |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | 616.99 CUO (Text) | 34027126428278 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | 616.994 CUO (Text) | 34005115674094 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | 616.994 CUO (Text) | 34051126927105 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |