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Outsmarting Cancer

Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention

Adam Barsouk, MD

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A comprehensive guide to understanding and preventing cancer by addressing its root causes.

Outsmarting Cancer reframes one of the most pressing medical challenges of our time: how to prevent cancer. In this timely and accessible book, physician and medical researcher Adam Barsouk, MD, presents a sweeping examination of cancer's true origins—biological, environmental, dietary, infectious, industrial, occupational, and behavioral—and makes a compelling case for why cancer prevention must become a central priority in public and personal health.

With personal stories from his clinical practice and...

A comprehensive guide to understanding and preventing cancer by addressing its root causes.

Outsmarting Cancer reframes one of the most pressing medical challenges of our time: how to prevent cancer. In this timely and accessible book, physician and medical researcher Adam Barsouk, MD, presents a sweeping examination of cancer's true origins—biological, environmental, dietary, infectious, industrial, occupational, and behavioral—and makes a compelling case for why cancer prevention must become a central priority in public and personal health.

With personal stories from his clinical practice and the latest research, Dr. Barsouk explains why more people are getting diagnosed with cancer—and at younger ages—than ever before. This book explores a wide range of overlooked and misunderstood risk factors, as well as how inequities in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention disproportionately impact underserved populations. Unlike typical cancer books that focus narrowly on diet or organ-specific disease, Outsmarting Cancer takes a comprehensive, systems-level view, urging readers to look beyond the symptoms and target the root causes.

Dr. Barsouk explores the role of genetic predisposition to cancer alongside environmental, lifestyle, and public policy influences that may contribute to developing the disease. With rigorous scientific insight, he offers real-world, evidence-based strategies to reduce cancer risk in practical, meaningful ways. Honest, urgent, and empowering, Outsmarting Cancer challenges readers to rethink how we talk about cancer and how we can reduce its burden before it begins.

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Available
Trim Size
6
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9
Pages
376
ISBN
9781421453866
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. Why Us? Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
2. What Goes Around: Viruses and Microbes
3. You Are What You Eat: Foods and Toxins
4. The Gift of Living Well: Diet, Exercise and

Contents
Introduction
1. Why Us? Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
2. What Goes Around: Viruses and Microbes
3. You Are What You Eat: Foods and Toxins
4. The Gift of Living Well: Diet, Exercise and Obesity
5. On and Off the Clock: Occupational Exposures
6. Infinite Reproduction: Sex and Cancer
7. Virtue and Vice: Smoking, Vaping and Alcohol
8. All the Rays We Cannot See: UV Light and Radiation
9. In Their Genes: Hereditary Cancer Risk
10. A Slow Burn: Inflammation and Underlying Conditions
11. To Prevent the Recurrence of Misery: Cancer Relapse and Screening
12. Some Are More Equal: Disparities in Cancer and Healthcare Reform
13. Art of Living and Dying Well: Palliative and End of Life Care
Conclusion
Bibliography

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