The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal
Guy Faguet
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Description for The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal
Hardcover. Num Pages: 249 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MFN; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 520.
Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later and after an exhaustive analysis of evidence-based data available through 2013 that incorporates 755 references, he reveals the root causes of the stagnation in cancer control, including the role played by major stakeholders and advocates a coordinated national effort, akin to the Apollo program, to unveil the causes of cancer and their mastery. In the interim, ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401791649
SKU
V9789401791649
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99-15
About Guy Faguet
Dr. Faguet retired from the Medical College of Georgia (now Georgia Regents University) after a 30-year academic career that included clinical and bench research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively. He was a member of numerous scientific societies, a consultant for the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the ... Read more
Reviews for The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal
"Dr. Guy B. Faguet's The Conquest of Cancer: A distant Goal takes the reader on a fascinating journey of decades of cancer research. In a meticulous manner, Dr. Faguet resumes his story from where he left us with his previous work The War on Cancer: An anatomy of failure; A blueprint for the future, just a decade ago. He goes into some very pertinent ... Read more