Cancer
a very short introduction
$26.28
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2025
Summary
Unraveling Cancer: A Very Short Introduction
In 1961, a nation set its sights on the moon, achieving the seemingly impossible within a decade. A similar ambition fueled the “war on cancer” declared soon after. Yet, over half a century later, cancer persists as a leading cause of mortality, affecting nearly one in three people. Why has conquering this disease proven more elusive than reaching the stars?
Cancer research is a significant global endeavor, marked by continuous ad…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198848912 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198848919 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Nick James |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 112mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Nick James
Professor James is Professor and Deputy Dean at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital. He is a world leading researcher on advanced prostate and bladder cancer. He recently chaired a Commission on Prostate Cancer for The Lancet. James co-founded one of the oldest patient information websites in 1994. He set up the Man Van project, aimed at improving outcomes in men at high risk of late diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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