The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781439181713
ISBN: 1439181713
ISBN: 9781439107959
ISBN: 1439107955
ISBN: 9781439195703 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1439195706 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780007435814
ISBN: 0007435819
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xiv, 571 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-541) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.