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cancer prevention
lifestyle in,
7.1
,
10.1
cancer research,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
evolution of,
5.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
epl.1
monetary aspects of,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
pharmaceutical companies in,
9.1
,
12.1
public support and hype in,
12.1
,
12.2
statistical,
12.1
,
13.1
see also specific studies
cancer risk factors,
7.1
,
epl.1
ambiguity about,
7.1
,
10.1
demographic,
7.1
,
7.2
endemic,
1.1
,
1.2
environmental,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
7.1
genetic,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
of lifestyle,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
multiple and interconnected,
10.1
,
12.1
radiation as,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
11.1
research into,
7.1
,
10.1
see also
carcinogens, carcinogenesis
;
specific risk factors
cancer treatments
historical,
3.1
,
10.1
limited effectiveness of,
9.1
,
12.1
new perspectives on,
9.1
,
13.1
predictions of cure in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
12.1
,
13.1
shortcomings of,
2.1
,
12.1
unnecessary,
2.1
,
12.1
Cancer Ward
(Solzhenitsyn),
12.1
,
12.2
,
epl.1
carcinogens, carcinogenesis,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
10.1
,
13.1
,
epl.1
artificially produced,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
in chemotherapy,
8.1
,
8.2
environmental,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
naturally occurring,
2.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
see also specific cancer risk factors
as most common cancer,
6.1
,
6.2
Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
1.1
,
1.2
“Causes of Cancer, The” (Doll and Peto),
7.1
,
7.2
cell adhesion molecules,
5.1
,
6.1
cells
aggressive multiplication of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
7.1
,
12.1
differentiation of,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1
duplication errors in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
13.1
precancerous,
epl.1
,
epl.2
programmed death of,
see
apoptosis
cellular phones,
13.1
,
13.2
Cepheid variables,
13.1
,
13.2
cervical cancer,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
10.1
Nancy’s,
8.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
negative effects of,
4.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
epl.1
process of,
8.1
,
11.1
resistance to,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
12.1
Chernobyl nuclear plant,
11.1
childlessness
cancer risk from,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
10.1
of Nancy,
6.1
,
11.1
children
deformities of,
6.1
,
7.1
chimney sweeps,
5.1
,
10.1
,
epl.1
chromosomes,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
7.1
cigarettes,
see
smoking
cisplatin,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
epl.1
coal tar,
5.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
epl.1
Colorado,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
colorectal cancer,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
7.1
creation theory,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
Cretaceous period,
1.1
,
1.2
Crick, Francis,
5.1
,
9.1
CT scans,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
11.1
,
epl.1
Curie, Marie,
5.1
,
11.1
Curie, Pierre,
5.1
,
11.1
cyclopamine,
6.1
,
12.1
Dana-Farber cancer center,
1.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
Darwinian evolution,
1.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
9.1
cancer development and,
4.1
,
7.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
Davies, Paul,
13.1
,
13.2
demographics, and cancer risk,
7.1
,
7.2
developmental biology,
6.1
,
9.1
diabetes,
2.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
diet
cancer risk from,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
10.1
dubious and inconclusive theories of,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
11.1
,
13.1
differentiation,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1
Dinosaur National Monument,
1.1
,
1.2
dinosaurs
cancer observed in,
1.1
,
3.1
decline and extinction of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
duplication errors in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
,
13.1
radiation and,
1.1
,
5.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
repair of,
1.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
Doll, Richard,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
10.1
,
10.2
double helix,
5.1
,
5.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
doxorubicin (Adriamycin),
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
drugs
in cancer treatment,
9.1
,
10.1
,
13.1
see also
chemotherapy
;
pharmaceutical companies
;
specific medications
Echthroi,
13.1
,
13.2
,
epl.1
Edmontosaurus,
1.1
,
2.1
Egypt, ancient,
3.1
,
3.2
electrical power lines,
2.1
,
13.1
electromagnetism,
8.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
electron microscopes,
3.1
,
3.2

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