The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : ScribnerCopyright date: ©2010Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781439107959 (hardcover)
  • 9781439195703 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.99/4 22
  • 616.99 14
LOC classification:
  • RC275 .M85 2010
NLM classification:
  • WH 11 AA1
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 historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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".

A historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.

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