Book contents
- Understanding Cancer
- Series page
- Understanding Cancer
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Gene Names
- 1 Painting a Clear Picture
- 2 Ancient History
- 3 Counting Cancer
- 4 From DNA to Protein
- 5 What Is a Cell?
- 6 Mutations
- 7 Causes of Cancer That Can be Controlled
- 8 Causes of Cancer That Are Difficult to Control, Accidents … and Other Things
- 9 Treating Cancer by Chemotherapy
- 10 The Road to Utopia?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
8 - Causes of Cancer That Are Difficult to Control, Accidents … and Other Things
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2022
- Understanding Cancer
- Series page
- Understanding Cancer
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Gene Names
- 1 Painting a Clear Picture
- 2 Ancient History
- 3 Counting Cancer
- 4 From DNA to Protein
- 5 What Is a Cell?
- 6 Mutations
- 7 Causes of Cancer That Can be Controlled
- 8 Causes of Cancer That Are Difficult to Control, Accidents … and Other Things
- 9 Treating Cancer by Chemotherapy
- 10 The Road to Utopia?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
Summary
Following the controllables, we come to things we either cannot control or are difficult to regulate, together with accidents and some dark episodes that are also part of the cancer story.
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- Understanding Cancer , pp. 134 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022