*The Emperor of All Maladies* is a magnificent, profoundly humane biography of cancerfrom its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher,
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
β Scribed by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Publisher
- Scribner;Tantor Media
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 686 KB
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1400119170
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β¦ Synopsis
Physician and science writer Siddhartha Mukherjee examines the history of cancer, from its appearance thousands of years ago to today. Treatments for the disease are also explored.;"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."
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