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Edited by Raymond E. Lenhard, Jr., Robert T. Osteen, and Ted Gansler. 919 pp., illustrated, with CD-ROM. Atlanta, American Cancer Society, 2001. (Distributed by Blackwell, Malden, Mass.) $64.95. ISBN 0-944235-15-8.

The major challenges facing the field of cancer research are its epidemiologic study, the technology revolution, and the incremental gains in survival flowing from increasingly complex and lengthy treatments. There is the danger that our focus on treatment will overshadow prevention and early detection. This book is refreshing in that it takes these two elements as its starting point. It is a mine of valuable information about the "big picture" of cancer.

In 1913, a group of 10 physicians and 5 laypersons met in New York City to found the American Society for the Control of Cancer. Later renamed the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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