| Description |
xiv, 571 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
|
regular print |
| Contents |
"Of black cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "There is no cancer that is not potentially curable" -- Prevention is the cure -- A brave new landscape -- "The fruits of long endeavors" |
| Summary |
A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood the human body for millennia |
| Analysis |
Cancer |
|
History |
|
Medical research |
|
Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-541) and index |
| Notes |
Pullitzer Prize Winner Letters & Drama - General Nonfiction |
| Subject |
Antineoplastic agents.
|
|
Cancer -- History.
|
|
Cancer -- Treatment -- History.
|
|
Cancer.
|
|
Leukemia -- History.
|
|
Leukaemia -- drug therapy
|
|
Leukaemia -- history
|
|
Leukemia -- drug therapy.
|
|
Leukemia -- history.
|
|
Antineoplastic Agents -- history.
|
|
History, 20th Century.
|
|
United States. |
|
United States. |
| LC no. |
2010024114 |
| ISBN |
9781439107959 (hardcover) |
|
9781439181713 (ebook) |
|
9781439195703 (paperback) |
|
