ABSTRACT

With breast cancer rates soaring, Life's Delicate Balance defines and documents many causes highlighting means to prevention.
Applicable to other cancers as well, this book is being published at a critical time. Patients, their families, environmental activists, physicians, attorneys, and all of those working toward prevention will find this book interesting, informative, and insightful.

chapter 1|5 pages

All Life is Connected

Cancer in Humans and Wildlife

chapter 2|5 pages

The Delicate Balance of Life

How Cancer Grows

chapter 3|19 pages

Risks for Breast Cancer

We all are at Risk

chapter 4|12 pages

Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Mammographic and Other Methods

chapter 5|15 pages

Radiation

From Bikini Island to Long Island

chapter 6|31 pages

Radiation

Nuclear and X-Ray

chapter 7|21 pages

Hormones One

Human and Animal Pharmaceuticals

chapter 8|24 pages

Hormones Too

False Hormones

chapter 9|22 pages

Tamoxifen

Chemical Manipulation

chapter 10|7 pages

Post-Menopausal Hormone Replacement

Questions and Risks

chapter 11|15 pages

The Genetic Connection

Biology and Economic and Social Ramifications

chapter 12|13 pages

The Breast Cancer Epidemic on Long Island

chapter 13|13 pages

Diseases in Men

Breast, Prostate, and Testicular Cancer, and Sperm Abnormalities

chapter 14|13 pages

Questions, History, Ethics, and Morality

The Global Marketplace

chapter 15|14 pages

The Cancer Movement

Independent, Sold Out, or Bought Up?

chapter 16|8 pages

What the Citizen Can Do

Personal Choices and Political Actions

chapter 17|18 pages

Sources of Information and Action

Knowledge is Power