Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know about Cancer.

Elizabeth W. Etheridge, Robert N. Proctor

The American Historical Review · 1996 · 275 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Written by a highly regarded historian of science, this meticulouly researched, eminently fair, and very provocative book attempts to answer the question: Why, given all the time and money spent on cancer research, can't we get consistent answers to the most fundamental questions about prevention and treatment?