Cancer is one of the most acute problems that exist in world biology and medicine. It is being tackled by a vast number of scientists and practitioners. Two specialists in the field, both Doctors of Medical Science, wrote this book. Complex questions are made more comprehensible because they are dealt with from the point of view of the founders of different directions in oncology. Achievements in this field, along with the problems still existing, are described, and the numerous legends and myths are countered by true stories about the successful treatment and prevention of this formidable disease. The book is intended both for a wide circle of readers and for medical specialists interested in the problem of cancer.

Translated from the Russian by Arthur Aksenov

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Contents

Foreword 5
Reading Chekhov a New 9
Facts and Reflections 28
What Is What? 28
Plus Growth, Minus Differentiation 37
Kept Under Suspicion 44
What Failed? 53
A Dangerous Encirclement 68
Filterable Agents 93
It’s Too Early to Shout: “Land Ahead!” 123
Iskander’s Grandson 154
Men Against Cancer 172
Legends About Cancer 200
The Main Condition 250
The Statistics of Survival 278
The Doctor and the Patient 318
The Authors Argue 371