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Part I. Environmental and occupational cancer hazards
Author(s) -
Hueper W. C.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196236776
Subject(s) - cancer , medicine , action (physics) , preventive action , chemical agents , intensive care medicine , environmental health , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , engineering , physics , software engineering , quantum mechanics , biochemical engineering
Cancer, like all other diseases, is not a mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous creation but the result of the action of definite chemical and physical, animate and inanimate, endogenous and exogenous pathogenic agents. It should therefore be possible to eradicate cancer hazards and cancer by preventive and therapeutic measures. Although both methods will have to be applied to achieve a reasonable degree of cancer control, it is obvious that for humane and economic reasons, the use of effective preventive procedures is preferable to curative procedures.