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• Title:The cancer prevention manual / Fred Stephens.
  
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• Author/Creator:Stephens, Fred.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ200 .S746 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Prevention.
  
• Description:xiii, 138 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:019852532X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Sect. 1. Introduction
  What is cancer?
  Sect. 2. outline of the causes of cancer
  Congenital and inherited causes
  Acquired causes of cancer
  beginning of a cancer
  Cancer incidence
  Sect. 3. Lifestyle practices to avoid, to change or to adopt
  seven S's of cancer prevention
  S for smoking and tobacco or other smoking-related activities
  Recommendations
  S for skin protection against sun and solariums
  Recommendations
  S for simple diet
  Traditional recommendations - a balanced diet
  Summary and present dietary recommendations
  S for self-examination
  S for screening for early detection and special tests in cancer detection
  S for surgery to remove premalignant or potentially malignant lesions
  Recommendations
  S for safe industrial practices
  Sect. 4. Specific cancers and practical individual measures to reduce their risk
  Sect. 5. Conclusions.