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100 1 a| Davis, Devra Lee.=| ^A685917;

245 14 a| The secret history of the war on cancer /c| Devra Davis.;

246 30 a| War on cancer;

250 a| Paperback ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Basic Books,c| 2009.;

300 a| xviii, 529 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes a new afterword (p. [455]-478).;

500 a| Hardcover edition published in 2007.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-502) and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- 1: Secret history -- 2: Natural and other experiments -- 3: Broad enough principle -- 4: Phantom collaborators -- 5: Fear sells -- 6: Making goods out of bads -- 7: Saving cigarettes -- 8: Good war -- 9: Cancer doctoring -- 10: Deconstructing cancer statistics -- 11: Doctoring evidence -- 12: Harshest of schoolmasters -- 13: No safe place -- 14: Chasing tales -- 15: Presumed innocent -- Epilogue: Mother's last -- Afterword: Bad dreams -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.;

520 a| From the Publisher: Why has the "War on Cancer" languished, focusing mainly on finding and treating the disease and downplaying the need to control and combat cancer's basic causes-tobacco, the workplace, radiation, and the general environment? This war has targeted the wrong enemies with the wrong weapons, failing to address well-known cancer causes. As epidemiologist Devra Davis shows in this superbly researched expose, this is no accident. The War on Cancer has followed the commercial interests of industries that generated a host of cancer-causing materials and products. This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain that is being reclaimed through efforts to green health care and the environment.;

650 0 a| Cancerx| Environmental aspects.=| ^A816591;

650 0 a| Cancerx| Treatmentx| Economic aspects.=| ^A13628;

650 0 a| Cancerx| Economic aspects.=| ^A988354;

650 12 a| Neoplasmsx| history.=| ^A919920;

650 22 a| Carcinogens, Environmentalx| history.=| ^A1037830;

650 22 a| Health Policyx| economics.=| ^A921874;

650 22 a| Health Policyx| history.=| ^A1001434;

650 22 a| History, 20th Century.=| ^A941311;

650 22 a| Primary Preventionx| economics.=| ^A929724;

650 22 a| Primary Preventionx| history.=| ^A1037899;

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The secret history of the war on cancer / Devra Davis.

Author/creator	Davis, Devra Lee
Format	Book
Edition	Paperback ed.
Publication Info	New York : Basic Books, 2009.
Description	xviii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Cancer--Environmental aspects. Cancer--Treatment. --Economic aspects. Cancer--Economic aspects. Neoplasms--history. Carcinogens, Environmental--history. Health Policy--economics. Health Policy--history. History, 20th Century. Primary Prevention--economics. Primary Prevention--history.

Portion of title	War on cancer
Contents	Preface -- 1: Secret history -- 2: Natural and other experiments -- 3: Broad enough principle -- 4: Phantom collaborators -- 5: Fear sells -- 6: Making goods out of bads -- 7: Saving cigarettes -- 8: Good war -- 9: Cancer doctoring -- 10: Deconstructing cancer statistics -- 11: Doctoring evidence -- 12: Harshest of schoolmasters -- 13: No safe place -- 14: Chasing tales -- 15: Presumed innocent -- Epilogue: Mother's last -- Afterword: Bad dreams -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Abstract	From the Publisher: Why has the "War on Cancer" languished, focusing mainly on finding and treating the disease and downplaying the need to control and combat cancer's basic causes-tobacco, the workplace, radiation, and the general environment? This war has targeted the wrong enemies with the wrong weapons, failing to address well-known cancer causes. As epidemiologist Devra Davis shows in this superbly researched expose, this is no accident. The War on Cancer has followed the commercial interests of industries that generated a host of cancer-causing materials and products. This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain that is being reclaimed through efforts to green health care and the environment.
General note	Includes a new afterword (p. [455]-478).
General note	Hardcover edition published in 2007.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-502) and index.
ISBN	9780465015689
ISBN	0465015689

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