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THE various committees of the British Empire Cancer Campaign which have been concerned in the preparation of this small book for the general public have succeeded very well in a difficult task. The ‘man in the street’ is perhaps not much con cerned to understand the nature of malignant tumours, but he will certainly be less liable to die of cancer if he will absorb the broad facts about its causation and treatment which are set out so plainly here. More stress might have been laid on prevention, on the special efficacy of tar and soot in causation, on the lessons to be learned from the fact that industrial labourers have much more cancer than professional men. The account of the early symptoms is particularly well done, and should bring many people to their doctors at a time when a cure is reasonably within range.
The Truth about Cancer.
Published for the British Empire Cancer Campaign. Pp. xv + 124. (London: John Murray, 1930.) 2s. 6d. net.
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The Truth about Cancer . Nature 127, 9 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127009d0
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