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Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Cancer is not just one disease. There are many types of cancer, and research to find cures owes much to the microscope and the study of cells. This detailed book looks at how, over time, this much-feared group of diseases has become more understood, more treatable with advanced technology, and ultimately more curable."--
Author
Publisher
VERGARA
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Descubre los beneficios del ejercicio físico contra el cáncer. Sin nos preguntan qué hábitos de vida son saludables, todos diremos: hacer ejercicio y comer bien. Sabemos que esos dos factores mejoran la salud y previenen numerosas enfermedades. Pero ¿sabemos qué impacto tiene la actividad física ante el cáncer? La realidad es que tanto la propia enfermedad como el tratamiento, por su impacto global, generan diferentes efectos secundarios...
Author
Publisher
Celebra
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
"El cáncer es una de las enfermedades más frecuentes y más temidas de la actualidad. ¿Pero sabías que el cáncer no es una enfermedad moderna? ¿Sabías que también pueden contraer la enfermedad los animales y las plantas? ¿Y sabías que ha avanzado tanto el estudio y tratamiento de esta enfermedad, que es cada vez más controlable? En Confrontando el cáncer descubrirás una guía imprescindible para despejar tus dudas con explicaciones claras...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We're better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic's revelatory...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Kathryn Schmitz overturned years of entrenched dogma and conventional wisdom that told breast cancer survivors to avoid upper body exercise with the publication of two ground-breaking scientific papers in the most prestigious medical journals in the world, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the ensuing decade, Dr. Schmitz has made it her personal mission to use exercise for cancer prevention...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Updated and Expanded Edition, formerly titled "Tripping Over the Truth" A masterful synchronization of history and cutting-edge science shines new light on humanities darkest diagnosis. In the wake of the Cancer Genome Atlas project's failure to provide a legible roadmap to a cure for cancer, science writer Travis Christofferson illuminates a promising blend of old and new perspectives on the disease. The Prime Origin of Cancer, follows the story...
12) No longer radical: understand mastectomies and choosing the breast cancer care that's right for you
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A life-saving and empowering guide to understanding breast cancer detection, prevention, and treatment options, from two top doctors in the field-Rachel Brem, a breast radiologist, and Christy Teal, a breast surgeon-who have also made the personal decisions to have mastectomies"--
No Longer Radical is an essential read for everyone whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. Leaders in the field of breast cancer treatment at George Washington...
Author
Publisher
Integral
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"A día de hoy, la investigación de nuevos tratamientos contra el cáncer sigue centrando los esfuerzos de científicos de todo el mundo. Aun así, si algo ha quedado demostrado a lo largo de los años es que la estrategia más radical en la lucha contra esta terrible enfermedad pasa por la prevención mediante cambios en el estilo de vida y, muy especialmente, en la dieta. En Los alimentos contra el cáncer, los doctores Richard Béliveau y Denis...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This book makes cancer understandable to a wide audience by combining science with humor, while accurately capturing the current state of knowledge in this rapidly changing field of medicine"--
"A compelling guide to understanding cancer and embracing life.Rogue Cells is the essential guide to navigating cancer diagnosis and treatment. Coauthored by Dr. Richard J. Jones, an internationally renowned cancer physician and researcher, and T. Michael...
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Author Dr. Jason Fung returns with a biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward"--
Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline-- but the 'War on Cancer' has hardly been won. Fung explains...
Author
Publisher
Nourish
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Good nutrition is vital for people undergoing cancer treatment, but so often the side-effects of the treatment make food unappealing and eating becomes a struggle. In Nourish you'll find easy-to-follow recipes designed specifically for cancer patients (and their families).
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Nuestra comprensión del cáncer está pasando lentamente por una revolución, lo que permite el desarrollo de tratamientos más efectivos. Por primera vez en la historia, la tasa de mortalidad por cáncer muestra una disminución constante, pero la 'Guerra contra el cáncer' apenas se ha ganado. Fung explica qué es el cáncer, cómo se manifiesta y por qué es tan difícil de tratar. Él identifica muchos errores de la comunidad médica en la investigación...
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
El riesgo de sufrir cáncer de mama no depende, como a menudo pensamos, del historial familiar. De hecho, afirma Kristi Funk, cirujana oncológica de fama mundial, el 87 por ciento de las mujeres diagnosticadas carecen de familiares en primer grado que hayan padecido la enfermedad. El mayor factor de riesgo es, sencillamente, el hecho de ser mujer. La buena noticia es que el peligro de enfermar y de recaer se puede reducir siguiendo ciertas pautas....
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The longest war in the modern era, longer than the Cold War, has been the war on cancer. Cancer is a complex, evasive enemy, and there was no quick victory in the fight against it. But the battle has been a monumental test of medical and scientific research and fundraising acumen, as well as a moral and ethical challenge to the entire system of medicine. In A New Deal for Cancer, some of today's leading thinkers, activists, and medical visionaries...
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