03044nam 2200625Ia 450 991079003130332120230725032820.01-280-59341-597866136232490-19-161788-10-19-162027-0(CKB)2670000000153268(EBL)829489(OCoLC)778339524(SSID)ssj0000613147(PQKBManifestationID)12284890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613147(PQKBWorkID)10584988(PQKB)11401673(MiAaPQ)EBC829489(Au-PeEL)EBL829489(CaPaEBR)ebr10539071(CaONFJC)MIL362324(EXLCZ)99267000000015326820110304d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy millions survive cancer[electronic resource] the successes of science /Lauren PecorinoOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-965875-7 0-19-958055-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index.Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES; 1. Introduction to the good news; 2. What is cancer?; 3. Carcinogens: how they work and our defense 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 tumor; 12. A vaccine against cervical cancer; 13. A fit like a glove; 14. Where do we go from here?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; G; I; K; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; INDEXAB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; ZThe 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 caCancerTreatmentCancerCancerPreventionCancerTreatment.Cancer.CancerPrevention.616.99406Pecorino Lauren1541750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790031303321Why millions survive cancer3794110UNINA