The book enters into the series of contributions devoted to the problems of cancer. In language accessible even to those who are not professionally concerned with oncological studies, and with the help of numerous examples from the history of medicine, Professor Yu. Gritsman acquaints the readers with some of the major and most recent achievements in this domain of science. He also devotes significant space to the criticism of the spurious methods of treating this disease, which are advocated by the pseudo-scientists whose practices continue to cause considerable harm to patients.
As its predecessor, Men vs. Cancer by B. Shubina and Yu. Gritsman (English translation, Mir Publishers, 1987), this book will undoubtedly find the appreciation of many readers who will cover its pages with no minor interest.
Translated from the Russian by G. G. Egorov
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Contents
Chapter One. Oncology Today 15
A Burning Mystery 16
Ignoramus’s Challenge Oncology 20
New Answers to the Old Questionnaire 28
Hypotheses May Be Down But Not Out 34
The Organism in Defence 65
Chapter Two. Achievements of Oncological Studies 81
Organisation, Organisation and Once More Organisation 81
Prophylaxis of Cancer 90
Detecting the Sick 93
A Difficult Diagnosis 101
Surgery Lives and Develops 104
Radiation Energy Serves Oncology 112
Magic “Bullets” 124
Mobilisation of Internal Resources 132
Chapter Three. Fallacies in Science or Scientific Delusions 140
The Growth of Disease 145
A Deficit of Information 149
Not Everything Can Be Cured 151
The Doctor’s Behaviour or Deontology 153
The Overall Meaning of Pseudo-Scientific Myths 169
Vaccine 172
“Grafting” 200
Turpentine Baths and the Treatment of Cancer 209
A Legend About the Magnet 220
Chapter Four. Miracle-Working Healers, Charlatans, and Quacks 236
The Progress of Science and the Sciolists 236
The Philippine Healers 238
Sheikh — The Magician 242
Healers, Cancer and the Woman-Shaman from Chukotka 248
“Folk Medicine” and the Treatment of Cancer 251
A Belligerent Ignoramus 266
Herbal Remedies 271
Oriental Methods 278
Chapter Five. Knowledge or Faith (Conclusion) 289
The Viability of Superstition 289
Strategy of the Anti-Cancerous Struggle 291
Unvanquishable Dogmas 300
