Knjiga obuhvaća povijest raka, načine liječenja i prevencije. Autor istražuje kako se rak razvija, simptome, te najnovije dostignuća u medicini za njegovo liječenje.
Također, knjiga sadrži informacije o zdravstvenim preventivnim mjerenjima i načinima očuvanja zdravlja.
The book is intended to serve more as a manual that will help practitioners (especially beginners) to find their way around cultivation more easily, until they themselves gain their own experience.
Sokolov criticizes previous theoretical interpretations and proposes more precise definitions of thematic classifications, which was important for the standardization of terminology.