title: Environmental justice and primary prevention of cancer: the odyssey and legacy of lorenzo tomatis.
abstract: Lorenzo Tomatis [1929-2007] devoted his private and professional life to the betterment of mankind. As a physician, scientist, and humanitarian he championed against the plight of social injustice and promoted the obvious benefits of primary prevention of diseases compared to treatments that prevent or delay disease progression, especially occupational cancers. An avowed student and scholar of literature, the arts, the history of medicine and science, and chemical carcinogenesis, he believed in and wrote about these issues throughout his storied life. Some of his achievements, with excerpts from his writings, especially on primary prevention and on social injustice, are highlighted herein.
authors.affiliation: NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. huff1@niehs.nih.gov
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huff
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melnick
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000266:history*; D012935:Social Justice / Q000266:history*