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Winner of the
National Magazine Award


SEPTEMBER 1996 SINGLE TOPIC ISSUE

"WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT CANCER"

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INTRODUCTION

  • Making Headway against Cancer


    FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDINGS

  • How Cancer Arises
  • How Cancer Spreads

    CAUSES AND PREVENTION

  • What Causes Cancer?
  • Strategies for Minimizing Cancer Risk
  • Chemoprevention of Cancer

    Current Controversy:

  • Is Hormone Replacement Therapy a Risk?

    TOWARD EARLIER DETECTION

  • Advances in Cancer Detection
  • Advances in Tumor Imaging

    Current Controversies:

  • Should Women in Their 40s Have Mammograms?
  • Does Screening for Prostate Cancer Make Sense?

    IMPROVING CONVENTIONAL THERAPY

  • Advancing Current Treatments for Cancer
  • When Are Bone Marrow Transplants Considered?

    Fact Sheet:

  • Twelve Major Cancers

    THERAPIES OF THE FUTURE

  • Immunotherapy for Cancer
  • New Molecular Targets for Cancer Therapy
  • Fighting Cancer by Attacking Its Blood Supply

    LIVING WITH CANCER

  • Cancer's Psychological Challenges
  • Alternative Cancer Treatments
  • Controlling the Pain of Cancer

    Current Controversy:

  • What Are Obstacles to Ideal Care?

  • FINDING MORE INFORMATION


    REGULAR SECTIONS


    NEWS AND ANALYSIS


    WORKING KNOWLEDGE
  • How to freeze-dry anything


    THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST
  • Small ponds hold plenty of wildlife for the backyard naturalist


    REVIEWS

  • The animal origins of human morality
  • Specious thinking on pollution's dangers
  • Briefly noted


    COMMENTARIES

  • Wonders: The Scientific Value of Prediction is Overrated
  • Connections: From Bottled Veggies to a Pointillist Picnic



    FROM THE EDITORS

  • 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
  • Letters to the Editors