Stephen P. Brooks Ph.D.

Cancer is a fact of life. Some studies suggest that most if not all of us have cancerous cells growing in our body at some time during our life. Fortunately, most of these cells do not form a tumor but remain as small, microscopic “nests” of tumor cells. In this form they do no harm and do not cause the group of diseases that we call cancer. Most cancers are diseases of old age and the increased numbers of patients who have cancer in our society are a reflection of increasing human longevity. Whereas it is true that risk factors can increase your chance of getting some types of cancer, like cigarette smoking and lung cancer and extended exposure to sunlight and melanoma, the causes …