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Title:
The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Author:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha.
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, c2010.
Call Number:
RC275 .M85 2010
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
ISBN:
9781439107959

9781439195703

9781439181713
Physical Description:
xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
"Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war.
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