| Authors: |
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Cancer -- History.
Leukemia -- History.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Scribner, c2010. |
| Description: |
xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781439107959 1439107955 9781439195703 1439195706 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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| Summary: |
A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. |