The Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know And Don't Know About Cancer

by Robert N. Proctor

Draws on six representative case studies to demonstrate the varied ways in which politics has shaped the basic prevention and treatment of cancer, outlining special interest groups, government agencies, scientists, and others that have manipulated information.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

American historian of science and Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University.While a professor of the history of science at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, he became the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry.

Reviews

[Omer Faruk]

I translated this book into Turkish.

[Atty]

A difficult but important book. Proctor wrote this book in 1995 but he was already looking into cell phone towers and our health. It is full of anecdotes, historical stories and exposées.