Stopping Cancer at the Source [Paperback]

M. Sara Rosenthal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 2008

Stopping Cancer At The Source presents the latest state of knowledge on the primary prevention of cancer. It is based on a review of the existing science presented in globally accepted consensus reports. This brand- new edition has been completely revised and updated for the continuing challenges of cancer prevention in the next decade. It includes the latest information on the primary prevention of cancer, which means stopping cancer at the source before it starts.

This New Edition Includes:

• The latest statistics, and what the studies show about preventable causes of cancer
• What's new in smoking-related cancers, and smoke-free legislation
• The latest in genetic screening for cancers that are caused by genetic mutations
• The latest on skin cancers and sun safety precautions
• New alarming conclusions from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research on cancers related to diet and obesity
• The latest reports on occupational carcinogens, including suspected exposures to workers as a result of the 9/11 attacks in New York City
• What we know about exposures to potential carcinogens we can control in our daily lives, including medications, radon, cosmetics, and dry- cleaning chemicals
• The latest on airborne carcinogens, Great Lakes contamination, and potential carcinogens in our food supply

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book helped me understand the language of cancer and its processes. -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book helped me understand the language of cancer and its processes. -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book helped me understand the language of cancer and its processes. -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book helped me understand the language of cancer and its processes. --Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action --Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action --Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action -- Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action --Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

This book... encourages us to take control where we can through our personal lifestyle changes and through social action --Complete Health magazine, Summer 2005

About the Author

Dr. M. Sara Rosenthal completed her Ph.D. in sociology and bioethics at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and is the author of more than 25 widely recommended health books. She is currently an assistant professor of bioethics in the Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Your Health Press (December 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155212746X
• ISBN-13: 978-1552127469
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,631,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb resource for health promotion, November 13, 2004

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Genna D. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stopping Cancer at the Source (Paperback)

I teach a course on environmental health and have found this book to be an excellent resource for my students. Although this book was originally intended (I'm sure) as a book for ordinary consumers, I think it's best utilized as a teaching aid in health promotion. It's difficult to find good current resources in this area, and this book compliments widely-used, tried and true titles such as Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stopping Cancer at its Source, August 22, 2006

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K. Murphy "loving to learn" (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stopping Cancer at the Source (Paperback)

The book does a good job explaining how cancer starts and what factors are needed to give cancer the boost it needs to inhabit your body at the cellular level. It explains ways to prevent cancer and the simple things we can do to become activists against such a deadly disease. This book seems to be written for an audience of 9th grade, making it very easy to understand.

3.0 out of 5 stars Very basic information, not always reliable, October 19, 2009

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This review is from: Stopping Cancer at the Source (Paperback)

I purchases the unrevised version from 2001, but this review applies to the other book as well, which is mostly the same, just with addittional topics and all updated studies.

Realize that this woman has her PhD in sociology and bioethics, so her explanations on highly intricate scientific precesses are not always the most accurate. While her simple use of language makes the topic easy to understand, it is often oversimplified, and can lead the reader astray with incorrect presumptions. This book was used as a supplement to many others in my Inquiry Seminar class at college, where the professor, who specializes in the natural sciences was able to clarify where Rosenthal was slightly off base.

Another frustration was the repititition of what the all of us can do to help, such as write to local legislature etc. It was overdone, and the tone was made it sound so simple, when in reality, the process is much more complex.

Overall, it offers a good sampling of a variety of topics and is a good discussion starter, but should not be relied upon for accurate scientific explanations.