Cancer as an Environmental Disease (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)

During recent decades the somatic mutation theory for the causation of cancer has held sway. The influence of environmental factors in the aetiology of cancer has become a matter of debate between those who maintain that it is largely a degenerative phenomenon and other voices who increasingly support the hypothesis that environmental factors predominate. An examination of some aspects of this debate is the prime purpose of this book. The increasing incidence of cancer across many parts of the world, particularly in children, has happened over a very short period of time in evolutionary terms. One can infer that it is connected to changes in the environment and/or our lifestyles. A major counter-argument to this contention is that rising cancer incidence is mainly because the average life expectancy has increased.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Environmental Science and Technology Library, 20
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Polyxeni Nicolopoulou-Stamati • Luc Hens • Vyvyan C. Howard • N. Van Larebeke
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	215
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-2020-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	1-4020-2020-1
Barcode:	9781402020209

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