TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mukherjee,Siddhartha
TI  - The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer 
SN  - 9781439107959 (hardcover)
AV  - RC275 .M85 2010
U1  - 616.99/4 22
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Cancer
KW  - History
KW  - Leukemia
KW  - drug therapy
KW  - United States
KW  - history
KW  - Antineoplastic Agents
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - sears
N1  - 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"
N2  - 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
ER  -