A world without cancer
Subtitle: the making of a new cure and the real promise of prevention
By: Margaret I. Cuomo
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781609618858
Subjects: Preventive Medicine; Nutritional aspects; Cancer; Prevention; Physical fitness
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Honoring a commitment; title: Understanding cancer; title: The promise and limits of screening; title: Cut, poison, and burn: a look at today's treatment options; title: What the market will bear; title: Paying more, settling for less; title: Cancer's collateral damage; title: Shifting the research approach; title: Making prevention a priority; title: Cancer-proofing the environment; title: Ending the scourge of tobacco; title: Fighting cancer with nutrition and physical activity; title: The power of vitamin D; title: Can pills prevent cancer?; title: On the cutting edge of science; title: Final word: from imagination to transformation.