"In a highly engaging exposition ofthe emperor of nosophobias, Ropeik details how the gravity force of cancerphobia warps risk perception, leading to personal or societal harms and legislative misdirection. He provides tools to avoid fear-dominated fast thinking and to employ slow thinking techniques to reach the goal of informed health decisions by patients, health care professionals, and policy makers."—Barnett Kramer, MD, MPH, Lisa Schwartz Foundation for Truth in Medicine; former Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention, US National Cancer Institute

"In his timely and important book, David Ropeik shines a bright light on how misperceptions about cancer risks can lead to large costs to individuals and society. Ropeik has done the research and knows how to tell a compelling story.Curing Cancerphobia illustrates how the medical and public health communities can combat the problem and how all of us can make more informed everyday decisions."—Peter Neumann, ScD, Director, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Center; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

"Cancer more so than any other disease induces fear. Often this leads to rash and irrational actions regarding screening and treatment. In simple English, David Ropeik explains the need for every patient to calmly and rationally research and understand the diseases known as cancer and how our understanding of them and their varying biologic behavior has evolved."—Otis Brawley, MD, MACP, FRCP(L), Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University; former Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the American Cancer Society

"Will a single cancer cell inevitably multiply until it kills us or we kill it first? In this lively and engaging book, health risk expert David Ropeik helps us understand our fear of cancer and how we can—individually and collectively—overcome the many harms done by this fear."—Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health

"In Curing Cancerphobia, Mr. Ropeik makes the case that, while screening saves lives in some cases, it has a modest lifesaving benefit overall, and also causes a fair bit of harm through overdiagnosis and overtreatment.The overall message of the book is an important one: Follow the science to find the right balance."—Andr Picard, Globe and Mail

"Ropeik takes a deep dive into the world of cancer screening and raises a troubling question: Has screening, despite its clear medical and psychological benefits, inadvertently created an irrational fear of cancer—a cancerphobia—that, in turn, has needlessly frightened or harmed people?...He carefully sifts though often-conflicting evidence of overscreening, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment."—Undark