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Also by Devra Davis:

The Secret History of the War on Cancer, October 2007
Hardcover

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR ON CANCER
By: Devra Davis

Basic Books
October 2007
On Sale: October 1, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0465015662
EAN: 9780465015665
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

From the National Book Award finalist, author of When Smoke Ran Like Water, a searing, haunting and deeply personal account of the War on Cancer.

The War on Cancer set out to find, treat, and cure a disease. Left untouched were many of the things known to cause cancer, including tobacco, the workplace, radiation, or the global environment. Proof of how the world in which we live and work affects whether we get cancer was either overlooked or suppressed.

This has been no accident.

The War on Cancer was run by leaders of industries that made cancer-causing products, and sometimes also profited from drugs and technologies for finding and treating the disease. Filled with compelling personalities and never-before-revealed information, The Secret History of the War on Cancer shows how we began fighting the wrong war, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies--a legacy that persists to this day.

This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain.

A portion of the profits from this book will go tosupport research on cancer prevention.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - October 10, 2007
Fresh Air - NPR - October 4, 2007
Marketplace - PRI - September 27, 2007