In our world today, ten million people annually are exposed to a conflict with cancer, and with the death of 80% of them due to this disease, one out of every six deaths in the world becomes the result of it. Medical research has enormous progress in cancer treatment, however, huge challenges related to the enormous costs of new treatments, which puts great pressure on health care systems. In this book, which falls under the "Scientific Views" series, Nicholas James offers an in -depth vision of these financial problems, reviewing the methods used in the diagnosis of cancer and modern improvements in treatment techniques. The book also highlights the issues of drug development costs and provides a vision on cancer prevention, with a focus on the role of alternative and supplementary medicine in this context.

تيموثي جاورز: أستاذ الرياضيات بجامعة كامبريدج، وهو حاصل على ميدالية فيلدز في الرياضيات التي تُمنح «لأكثر أبحاث شباب المتخصصين في الرياضيات جرأة وعمقًا وإبداعًا».