The Cancer Industry: The Classic Exposé on the Cancer Establishment

Ralph W. Moss

Paragon House, 1989 - Health & Fitness - 502 pages

Examines the political and economic aspects of cancer research and treatment, arguing that organizations involved in fighting cancer have undermined real progress

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The Cancer Industry: Unraveling the Politics

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This is an updated edition of The Cancer Syndrome ( LJ 2/15/80), the classic expose which investigated the suppression of unorthodox cancer research by the government and the medical establishment ...

Contents

• The Crisis of Credibility: 3
• The Proven Methods: 21
• Surgery: 43

About the author

Medical writer Ralph W. Moss received a B.A. from New York University in 1965 and a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1973 and 1974 respectively. He is most well known for his twenty years in the field of cancer treatment research. He is the former assistant director of public affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He has written "Cancer Therapy," "Questioning Chemotherapy" and "The Cancer Industry." He has also written the PBS Documentary "The Cancer War," and the 1994 yearbook article on alternate medicine for Encyclopedia Britannica. Moss was the founding advisor to the National Institute of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine and is the scientific advisor to the Rosenthal Center of Columbia University and the University of Texas School of Public Health. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the medical journal "Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine" and a public speaker at various colleges and universities. In 1999, Moss was chosen as scientific advisor and honorary member of the German Oncology Society, the first American to be so honored in twenty years. He is the author or editor of 12 books and 3 documentaries on cancer. He currently directs The Moss Reports, a library of detailed reports on over 200 varieties of cancer diagnoses.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cancer Industry: The Classic Exposé on the Cancer Establishment
• Author: Ralph W. Moss
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Paragon House, 1989
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jun 2, 2010
• ISBN: 1557784396, 9781557784391
• Length: 502 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer