Description
In Britain and in many other countries one death in five is caused by the most mystifying disease of all - cancer.
Dr R. J. C. Harris, who is a leading research worker in this field of medicine, clearly describes in this book the nature and the possible causes of the various kinds of cancer, and the picture he draws of present progress in knowledge and treatment of the disease is at least encouraging. Cancer cannot be defined in any very simple terms because the organs in the human body and the cells that form them vary widely. In some people these cells, which function consistently and unobtrusively in health, can start dividing and multiplying capriciously; the ensuing growth is what we know as cancer.
For this third edition the author has incorporated all the up-to-date information available. He is both readable and authoritative, and, as Cecil Wakeley comments in the foreword, 'seems to have the happy knack of explaining a difficult subject in a clear and lucid way... this book will appeal not only to the man in the street, but also to all medical students and nurses, both at home and abroad'.
