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

by Robert N. Proctor

This brilliantly argued and researched book tells the story of how government regulatory agencies, scientists, trade associations, and environmentalists, have managed to obscure the issues and prevent concerted action. Explains why we still don't have straight answers to questions such as: Why do rates from some cancers appear to have risen and others fallen? and suggests how we might actually win the war on cancer.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

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.