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000844584 1001_ $$aPlutynski, Anya,$$eauthor.
000844584 24510 $$aExplaining cancer :$$bfinding order in disorder /$$cAnya Plutynski.
000844584 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2018.
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000844584 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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000844584 5208_ $$aCancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Almost everyone's life is in some way or other affected by cancer. Yet, when faced with a cancer diagnosis, many of us will confront questions we had never before considered: Is cancer one disease, or many? If many, how many exactly? How is cancer classified? What does it mean, exactly, to say that cancer is 'genetic,' or 'familial'? What exactly are the causes of cancer, and how do scientists come to know about them? When do we have good reason to believe that this or that is a risk factor for cancer? These questions are (in part) empirical ones; however, they are also (in part) philosophical. This work takes a close look at these philosophical questions, by examining the conceptual and methodological challenges that arise in cancer research, in disciplines as diverse as cell and molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and evolutionary biology.
000844584 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2018).
000844584 650_0 $$aCancer.
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