The Cancer Chronicles

Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery

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A New York Times Notable Book of 2013 When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, George Johnson set out to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who spend their careers trying to understand and to fight it. What he discovered is a revolution under way-an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from. Deftly excavating and illuminating decades of investigation and analysis, rooted in every discipline from evolutionary biology to game theory and physics, Johnson explores what we know-and what we still don't-about cancer, and why a cure remains such a slippery goal. Throughout his pursuit, Johnson clarifies the human experience of cancer with grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies, and other treatments. Through Johnson's radiant prose and authoritative perspective on science, he takes us on an adventure through the history and recent advances in cancer research that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease.
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Schrijver
Johnson, George
Titel
The Cancer Chronicles
Uitgever
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Jaar
2014
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
304
Gewicht
231 gr
EAN
9780307742308
Afmetingen
203 x 133 x 18 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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