Strategic Plan: National Cancer ProgramU.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute., 1973 - Cancer |
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Page 11
... radiation - can , with varying probabilities , initiate cancer . There appears to be no one " cause " of cancer , nor have we demonstrated a common pathway . Further knowledge is needed to elucidate the mechanisms by which various ...
... radiation - can , with varying probabilities , initiate cancer . There appears to be no one " cause " of cancer , nor have we demonstrated a common pathway . Further knowledge is needed to elucidate the mechanisms by which various ...
Page 14
... radiation therapy , and chemotherapy ( drug treatment ) , used singly or in combination have been effective in leading to normal life expectancy in some patients with certain types of cancer ranging in from under 5 % of patients with ...
... radiation therapy , and chemotherapy ( drug treatment ) , used singly or in combination have been effective in leading to normal life expectancy in some patients with certain types of cancer ranging in from under 5 % of patients with ...
Page 15
... Radiation therapy is currently being used for either cure or palliation in over one - half of all cancer patients at some stage of their disease . Most cancer deaths are due to the inability of surgery or radiation to cure patients with ...
... Radiation therapy is currently being used for either cure or palliation in over one - half of all cancer patients at some stage of their disease . Most cancer deaths are due to the inability of surgery or radiation to cure patients with ...
Page 11-6
... radiation , respectively , and to certain chemi- cals . Cancers of the urinary bladder have been prevented by avoiding occupational exposure to 2 - naphthylamine . Many cases of lung cancer have been prevented by abstinence from ...
... radiation , respectively , and to certain chemi- cals . Cancers of the urinary bladder have been prevented by avoiding occupational exposure to 2 - naphthylamine . Many cases of lung cancer have been prevented by abstinence from ...
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... radiation , viruses , and chemical carcinogens and cocarcinogens . ( Cocarcinogens are chemicals not necessarily carcino- genic of themselves , but which promote cancers initiated , but not brought to completion , by a carcinogen ...
... radiation , viruses , and chemical carcinogens and cocarcinogens . ( Cocarcinogens are chemicals not necessarily carcino- genic of themselves , but which promote cancers initiated , but not brought to completion , by a carcinogen ...
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