Why Millions Survive Cancer - Lauren Pecorino

Why Millions Survive Cancer

The Successes of Science

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2011
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-958055-2 (ISBN)
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The enormous recent progress in fighting cancer, and the science behind it, is revealed fully for the first time in this book. Using scientific evidence from around the world, Lauren Pecorino examines the biology of cancer, looks at new cancer treatments, and provides recommendations about lifestyle choices that can help reduce our cancer risk.
The enormous recent progress in fighting cancer, and the science behind it, is revealed fully for the first time in this book. The disease affects one in three over a lifetime but today more and more people are surviving as a result of the extraordinary and little known advances of science and medicine. Using scientific evidence from world cancer experts, Lauren Pecorino helps us understand the biology of cancer, the recent trends in cancer progress, and the rationale behind new cancer treatments. With recommendations about lifestyle choices that can help reduce some of the risks of getting cancer, Pecorino looks to the future in our battle with this disease.

Lauren Pecorino is Principal Lecturer in Cancer Biology at the University of Greenwich. She has presented guest lectures in Rome and Palermo, Italy; Istanbul, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt and the United States.

1. Introduction to the good news ; 2. What is cancer? ; 3. Carcinogens: How they work and our defence against them ; 4. All we had to do was quit ; 5. Too much of a good thing ; 6. The great escape ; 7. You are what you eat (and do) ; 8. A fairy tale: Finding the cure to leukemia ; 9. Cancer screening works ; 10. Let's talk about it ; 11. How to starve a tumour ; 12. A vaccine against cervical cancer ; 13. A fit like a glove ; 14. Where do we go from here?

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.7.2011
Zusatzinfo 18 black and white illustrations, 4-page colour plate section
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 149 x 218 mm
Gewicht 436 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
ISBN-10 0-19-958055-3 / 0199580553
ISBN-13 978-0-19-958055-2 / 9780199580552
Zustand Neuware
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