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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Main Author: Leopold, Ellen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2008
Series:Critical Studies in Health and Medicine.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central