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embryos
development of,
5.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
tumors compared to,
6.1
,
9.1
endometrial cancer,
2.1
,
13.1
endometrium,
2.1
,
6.1
entropy
inevitable triumph of,
13.1
,
epl.1
as source of cancer,
1.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
13.1
environment
cancer sources in,
7.1
,
7.2
Environmental Protection Agency,
2.1
,
7.1
in radon testing,
11.1
,
11.2
epidemiology,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.1
shortcomings of self-reporting in,
2.1
,
10.1
epigenetic theory,
9.1
,
9.2
,
11.1
epigenome,
9.1
,
9.2
esophageal cancer,
1.1
,
2.1
,
10.1
estrogen,
2.1
,
10.1
as carcinogen,
2.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC),
10.1
,
10.2
,
13.1
evolutionary biology,
12.1
,
13.1
“Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer” (Michor),
12.1
exercise, in cancer prevention,
2.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
cyclopean,
1.1
,
6.1
,
12.1
Field Museum,
1.1
,
1.2
fish
cancer in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
5 A Day program,
2.1
,
10.1
Fleming, Alexander,
9.1
,
10.1
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
6.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
fossils
cancer observed in,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
free radicals,
2.1
,
13.1
fruit flies, genetic research with,
5.1
,
6.1
Galen of Pergamon,
3.1
,
4.1
gamma rays,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
13.1
gardens, author’s,
4.1
,
13.1
Genentech,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
genes
see also specific genes
genetic damage,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
genetic mutation,
5.1
,
6.1
genetics
in cancer risk,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
12.1
,
13.1
Germany,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
Gould, Stephen Jay,
8.1
,
12.1
Grady, Denise,
8.1
Green River,
1.1
,
1.2
Hanahan, Douglas,
9.1
,
9.2
heart disease,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
hedgehog genes,
6.1
,
12.1
Helicobacter pylori,
7.1
,
9.1
hemangiomas,
1.1
,
1.2
hepatitis,
2.1
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
9.1
HER2/neu, gene,
8.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
Herceptin (trastuzumab),
8.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
Hippocrates,
3.1
,
4.1
Hodgkin’s lymphoma,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
hope, hopefulness
for cancer cure,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
as coping mechanism,
2.1
,
3.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
in Nancy’s cancer,
6.1
,
8.1
hormone replacement therapies,
2.1
,
7.1
hormones
see also specific hormones
horses, Nancy’s love of,
13.1
,
13.2
human papillomavirus (HPV),
3.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
epl.1
hysterectomy,
4.1
,
6.1
immune system,
3.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
boosters,
9.1
,
13.1
incontinence,
12.1
industrial chemicals, as cancer source,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
10.1
inflammation, cancer risk from,
9.1
,
10.1
insulin, in cancer risk,
2.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
International Agency for Research on Cancer,
7.1
,
13.1
Internet
ionizing radiation,
1.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
Italy,
10.1
,
10.2
Japan,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
jaw
Johnson, Joe (author’s brother)
Jurassic period,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
kidney cancer,
1.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
lactation,
2.1
,
10.1
Leakey, Louis,
3.1
,
3.2
Leavitt, Henrietta,
6.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
Levi, Primo, v
lifestyle, cancer risk from,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
epl.1
light, frequencies of,
2.1
,
13.1
liver,
6.1
,
9.1
metastasis to,
3.1
,
4.1
liver cancer,
2.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
London,
10.1
,
10.2
longevity, proven cancer risk from,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
epl.1
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