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Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / Claudia Cornwall.

by Cornwall, Claudia Maria.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.

Cancer -- Etiology.

Cancer -- Microbiology.

Cancer -- Research.

Cancer -- History.

9781442215207 (hc.)

1442215208 (hc.)

x, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.

More than a curiosity -- Palmer Beasley discovers a silent epidemic -- Harald zur Hausen solves the riddle of cervical cancer -- Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and Helicobacter pylori -- Paul Eewald stalks the stealth infections -- Gene hunters.

"Catching Cancer introduces readers to the investigators who created a medical revolution – a new way of looking at cancer and its causes. Featuring interviews with notable scientists such as Harald zur Hausen, Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and others, the book tells the story of their struggles, their frustrations, and finally the breakthroughs that helped form some of the most profound changes in the way we view cancer. Claudia Cornwall takes readers inside the lab to reveal the long and winding path to discoveries that have changed and continue to alter the course of medical approaches to one of the most confounding diseases mankind has known. She tells the stories of families who have benefited from this new knowledge, of the researchers who made the revolution happen, and the breakthroughs that continue to change our lives."--Publisher.

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