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Under the radar : cancer and the cold war /

At the end of the Second World War, a diagnosis of cancer was a death sentence. Sixty years later, it is considered a chronic disease rather than one that is invariably fatal. Although survival rates have improved, the very word continues to evoke a special terror and guilt, inspiring scientists and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leopold, Ellen, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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