Chapter Six.  The "C" Word

CHAPTER IN PROGRESS

     Cancer, the "C" word. The increasing prevalence in North American of childhood leukemias and brain cancers, adult lung and colon cancer, women's breast cancer and men's testicular and prostatic cancer. Many of these cancers are heavily influenced by our life-styles and eating habits. Special topics, including the role of diet, cell phones, and other "alternative therapies" are discussed.

     The importance of such selective cancer screening as mammograms, PSA's, MRI's and their recent controversies.  Interpreting the medical literature and the role of estrogens and its controversy. The cult mentality of "Cognitive Dissidence" (i. e., Belief over Reason) is illustrated. The doctor's teaching to his patient "scientific truths" in the statistical context of "probability."