| Description |
xi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-345) and index. |
| Contents |
Cancer in the breast, 1813 -- Pessimism and promise -- Taking responsibility for cancer -- Living at risk -- "Do not delay": the war against time -- "Prophets of doom": skeptics of the cancer establishment at mid- century -- Balancing hope, trust, and truth: Rachel Carson -- The rise of surveillance -- Crisis in prevention -- Breast cancer risk: "waiting for the axe to fall". |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer -- United States -- History.
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Breast -- Cancer. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Breast -- Cancer -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Social aspects. |
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Breast Neoplasms -- history. |
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United States. |
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Attitude to Health. |
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Breast Neoplasms -- epidemiology. |
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Breast Neoplasms -- psychology. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Breast. |
| ISBN |
9780521822497 |
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0521822491 |
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