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The Secret History of the War on Cancer | 
| Manufacturer: Basic Books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 4542
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.19699400973
ASIN: B0013WJTB0
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
The War on Cancer set out to find, treat, and cure a disease. Left untouched were many of the things known to cause cancer, including tobacco, the workplace, radiation, or the global environment. Proof of how the world in which we live and work affects whether we get cancer was either overlooked or suppressed. This has been no accident. The War on Cancer was run by leaders of industries that made cancer-causing products, and sometimes also profited from drugs and technologies for finding and treating the disease. Filled with compelling personalities and never-before-revealed information, The Secret History of the War on Cancer shows how we began fighting the wrong war, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies-a legacy that persists to this day. This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain. A portion of the profits from this book will go to support research on cancer prevention.
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 Read Gary Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories" instead. September 9, 2008
Some points: Higher rates of cancer among those of African descent may be on account of especially lower vitamin D levels in them not supposedly greater exposure to carcinogens.
Doll and Peto, who rightly deserve the greatest credit for their research into and explanation of environmental factors with respect to cancers were, aside from cigarettes, chiefly concerned with diet. They implicated carbohydrate consumption NOT fats. Read Gary Taubes on this in his book, "Good Calories, Bad Calories." Davis is right to point out the cancer industry's willfull blindness to environmental factors - prefering, instead, the development of expensive and highly profitable treatments. A predictable feature of our greed driven medical industry. As equally predictable is her critique - one which is always looking for the latest mysterious chemical of which to make a new bugaboo. Meanwhile, the profundity of the gross overconsumption of carbohydrates is dismissed. So from the likes of Davis we hear the same worn advice to eat more fruit and avoid fats. Read Taubes.
Trust us - The search for a cancer cure is a Fraud! July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was generally a good book because it draws more attention to the fact the organized medicine is entirely different than it appears to be. Cancer cures are not what they are searching for, they are searching for new ways to make even greater fortunes on cancer treatment. Do a google search on the use of proton therapy for cancer and you'll see what I mean. It's very expensive and it hasn't proven to be any better than chemo or radiation, both of which take a horrible toll on the patient's immune system.
Numerous cures for cancer have already been discovered and effectively suppressed. Take the discoveries of Davis and Rawls, for example. Albert Roy Davis and Walter Rawls found through many years of research that North pole magnetic fields were extremely effective in halting the growth of cancer while strengthening the tissue surrounding the cancer, minimizing the chances of the cancer spreading. South pole magnetic fields had the opposite effect. They increased the growth of cancer in the body. There's your scientific evidence for whether or not power lines can affect the growth of cancer. South pole magnetic fields do increase the growth of cancer, and power lines are one of many sources of South pole magnetic exposure in our environment. Your telephone is another. Davis and Rawls wrote some great books that I highly recommend reading.
My best advice to anyone with cancer would be to do lots and lots of research on alternatives to conventional medicine, and use a combination of them. Aloe Vera is another one to look into. What it can do for the body is truly amazing. Yep, it's superb for much more than just sunburn. Plus, it can be grown almost anywhere on earth, indoors or outdoors.
 The Real Story on Cancer June 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
No wonder people want to shut her down - she cites the truth about corporations and government and where the money goes (and should be going). And stop handing out those stupid pink ribbons & bears and address the real problems.
What we need to know. May 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this to be a coherent and easy to read book in which Devra Davis presents a logical explanation of various kinds causes of cancer from industry to personal products. The general public needs this kind of information in order to avoid cancer causing materials as much as possible, and to learn the truth about some research. The statement that of all the billions of dollars that the Cancer Sociey has raised only ten per cent goes to research is an eye opener.
The Secret Hitory in the War on Cancer April 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a must read for everyone, not just cancer patients. It is quite eye opening what most people do not know about how important health issues are many times swept under the rug by governments. I had suspected many of these results, but to find they are accurate is very discouraging. Had issues been handled differently, many people would not have suffered and died as a result.
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