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Cancer and Society

A Multidisciplinary Assessment and Strategies for Action

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Editors:
  1. Eric H. Bernicker

    1. Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

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  • Discusses environmental justice and oncology, business and cancer - including clinical trials and drug development - and animals and cancer

  • Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors

  • Written for medical oncologists, cancer researchers, occupational health workers, and related medical students, residents, and fellows

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Tobacco and Social Justice

    • Eric H. Bernicker
    Pages 1-10

  3. Climate Change and Cancer

    • Nathaniel T. Matthews-Trigg, Jennifer Vanos, Kristie L. Ebi
    Pages 11-25

  4. Pollution, Cancer Risk, and Vulnerable Populations

    • Megan E. Romano, Olivia J. Diorio, Mary D. Chamberlin
    Pages 27-38

  5. Causes, Consequences, and Control of High Cancer Drug Prices

    • Bishal Gyawali
    Pages 39-57

  6. Clinical Trials: Not for the Poor and the Old

    • Mary K. Clancy
    Pages 59-77

  7. Global Disparities: Can the World Afford Cancer?

    • Haydee Cristina Verduzco-Aguirre, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Yanin Chavarri-Guerra, Gilberto Lopes
    Pages 79-94

  8. Cancer Quackery and Fake News: Targeting the Most Vulnerable

    • David H. Gorski
    Pages 95-112

  9. The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Pathology and Imaging

    • Stephen T. C. Wong
    Pages 113-120

  10. The Hippies Were Right: Diet and Cancer Risk

    • Renee E. Stubbins, Eric H. Bernicker
    Pages 121-129

  11. Protons and Prejudice: Finding Sense and Sensibility in the Development of a Costly Medical Therapy

    • Andrew M. Farach
    Pages 131-141

  12. The Ethics of Animal Use in Cancer Research

    • Bernard E. Rollin
    Pages 143-152

  13. The Ecology of Cancer

    • Beata Ujvari, Jay Fitzpatrick, Nynke Raven, Jens Osterkamp, Frédéric Thomas
    Pages 153-174

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 175-178
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About this book

While a number of books have looked at the intersection between human health in general and other topics, such as climate change or diet, this book focuses specifically on cancer as it impacts and is impacted by social justice issues. The massive explosion of research knowledge of cancer immunology and genomics is holding out great promise of therapeutic advances, yet other human actions—climate change, pollution, business decisions, advertising – are fostering health inequalities as well as increasing risks. Those involved in cancer care and research are in a unique position to let their experiences and knowledge inform the public, yet very often have not taken strong public roles when it comes to discussing issues surrounding tobacco, climate change and health risks, financial toxicity of treatments, and diet choices. 

Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors and for medical oncologists, cancer researchers, occupational health workers, and related medical students, residents, and fellows, this book encourages oncologists to address public health care and the societal issues associated with cancer risk. This volume discusses the overarching theme of environmental justice and oncology, focuses on business and cancer (such as clinical trials, drug development and profits, and global disparities), as well as animals and cancer. 

Reviews

“The author is targeting all physicians, particularly those who treat cancer, in an attempt to focus their attention on social injustice as it relates to oncology. … The most up‐to-date and impactful information on the broad range of topics this book covers can best be obtained from the current journal literature. The idea behind this book, which is a good one, is to agglomerate a series of essays on related social topics.” (Derek Raghavan, Doody's Book Reviews, August 09, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

    Eric H. Bernicker

About the editor

Eric H. Bernicker, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Director of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Houston Methodist Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer and Society

  • Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Assessment and Strategies for Action

  • Editors: Eric H. Bernicker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05855-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05854-8Published: 19 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05855-5Published: 04 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 178

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Public Health, Cancer Research

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