Is it possible. David Hess asks, that bacteria can contribute to the many other known causes of cancer?

To answer this intriguing question, Hess takes us into the world of alternative cancer researchers. Maintaining that their work has been suppressed rather than simply dismissed, he examines their claims -- that bacterial vaccines have led to some dramatic cases of long-term cancer remission -- and the scientific potential of their theories.

David J. Hess is Professor of Anthropology in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His books include Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction (also available from NYU Press), Science in the New Age and Science and Technology in a Multicultural World.