The secret history of the war on cancer
by Devra Lee Davis · first published 2007
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Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain.
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…system will back them up, but it won't back them up if they don't do a CT scan but the standard of care calls for a CT scan to diagnose a relatively minor or relatively unlikely problem. related book: The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis
on “Tokyo Radiation Less Than Paris’s Three Years After Meltdown” ↗…supposed to massage out the differences between geographic regions and populations to determine the final number. Devra Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., wrote about this to tragic degree of detail in her book “The Secret History of the War on Cancer”. For background she was Director of the Center for Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and is still also a Professor of Epidemiology there. The cancer death rate has not budged…
on “U.S. cancer death rate drops by largest annual margin ever, report says” ↗