The Cancer Prevention Manual: Simple Rules to Reduce the Risks - Softcover

Olver, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019871985X ISBN 13: 9780198719854

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Stories in the media about the cancer-causing risks present in everyday life can cause alarm and confusion, and make it difficult to know how to alter one's lifestyle. The Cancer Prevention Manual, Second Edition, is a handy guide to all key issues in cancer prevention, presenting medical and scientific information in a plain, accessible style. Written by authors with distinguished careers studying the illness, and based on a solid scientific grounding, this book provides the facts about how our lifestyles pose cancer risks, and what we can do to change them.

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About the Author

Ian Olver is Professor of Translational Cancer Research and Director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia.

Fred Stephens is Emeritus Professor and Former Head of the Department of Surgery at The University of Sydney. He is also Consultant Emeritus in Surgical Oncology at Sydney Hospital and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Australia. He writes from a lifetime of experience in cancer research and management, including pioneering surgical regimens for certain difficult locally advanced cancers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019871985X
• ISBN 13: 9780198719854
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 108