Life's Delicate Balance: A Guide to Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer

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Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 273 páginas

With breast cancer rates soaring, Life's Delicate Balance defines and documents many causes highlighting means to prevention.
Applicable to other cancers as well, this book is being published at a critical time. Patients, their families, environmental activists, physicians, attorneys, and all of those working toward prevention will find this book interesting, informative, and insightful.

 

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ALL LIFE IS CONNECTED Cancer in humans and wildlife
1
THE DELICATE BALANCE OF LIFE How cancer grows
6
RISKS FOR BREAST CANCER We all are at risk
11
BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS Mammographic and other methods
30
RADIATION From Bikini Island to Long Island
42
RADIATION Nuclear and xray
57
HORMONES ONE Human and animal pharmaceuticals
88
HORMONES TOO False hormones
109
THE GENETIC CONNECTION Biology and economic and social ramifications
162
THE BREAST CANCER EPIDEMIC ON LONG ISLAND
177
DISEASES IN MEN Breast prostate and testicular cancer and sperm abnormalities
190
QUESTIONS HISTORY ETHICS AND MORALITY The global marketplace
203
THE CANCER MOVEMENT Independent soldout or boughtup?
216
WHAT THE CITIZEN CAN DO Personal choices and political actions
230
SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ACTION Knowledge is power
238
INDEX
257

TAMOXIFEN Chemical manipulation
133
POSTMENOPAUSAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT Questions and risks
155
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Life's Delicate Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer
Janette Sherman
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Janette Sherman
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Janette D. Sherman
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TítuloLife's Delicate Balance: A Guide to Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer
Life's Delicate Balance: A Guide to Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer, Janette D. Sherman
AutorJanette D. Sherman
Ediciónilustrada
EditorTaylor & Francis, 2000
ISBN1560328703, 9781560328704
Largo273 páginas
  
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