World Without Cancer The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention

Name: World Without Cancer The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention
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ISBN: 9781609618858

ISBN-10: 1609618858

ISBN-13: 9781609618858

Edition: 2012

Authors: Margaret I. Cuomo, Joseph Raffa

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A provocative and surprising investigation about the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor’s passionate call to action for change.As a diagnostic radiologist watching patients, friends, and family suffer and die with cancer, the frustration she feels as a result, and the deep impression made by the enraged husband of one patient, Dr. Margaret Cuomo is inspired to seek out new strategies for waging a smarter war on cancer. This year, nearly 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and more than 1,500 people will dieper day. We’ve been asked to accept the disappointing strategy to "manage cancer as a chronic disease."…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Introduction: Pushed Against the Wall



Honoring a Commitment



Understanding Cancer



The Promise and Limits of Cancer 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



The Promise of Prevention



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


The Final Word: From Imagination to Transformation


Notes


List of Expert Interviews


Acknowledgments


Index