Cancerland a medical memoir

• Main Author: Scadden, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Thomas Dunne Books 2018
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: Oncologists > Personal Narrative; Neoplasms > Personal Narrative > therapy; Stem Cell Research > Personal Narrative
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• Physical Description: 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
• ISBN: 9781250092755; 1250092752

"By exploring the science of cancer, the promising new therapies, and remarkable drugs, Dr. Scadden humanizes it, reveals that progress toward a cure is real--if fitful--and assures those with cancer that they never walk alone"--Dust jacket flap.
From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab, Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer. He paints a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. At the same time he opens a window into the science of medicine, humanizing cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need. -- adapted from jacket