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Author Leaf, Clifton.

Title The truth in small doses : why we're losing the war on cancer--and how to win it / Clifton Leaf.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.994 LEAF    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description viii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-480) and index.
Contents How did we get here? -- The burden. Counting ; The truth in small doses ; A war of attrition ; The soldier -- The myth of the magic bullet. The little orange pill ; Missing the target ; Preemption -- The cancer culture. The wrong bill ; The "door" question ; Publish and perish ; Deadly caution ; Zero to ninety ; Fossils ; The one-eyed surgeon -- The way forward. Matterhorn.
Subject Cancer -- Chemotherapy.
Cancer -- Treatment.
Neoplasms -- drug therapy -- Popular Works.
Antineoplastic Agents -- economics -- Popular Works.
Drug Discovery -- history -- Popular Works.
History, 20th Century -- Popular Works.
Neoplasms -- mortality -- Popular Works.
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