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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"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.

Table of Contents:

• Dawn of the biological age
• Seeing cancer
• Cancerland
• Chemicals in conversation
• Stem cells and a renewable you
• Snuppy the hound and iPSCs
• Provoking a response
• Gene hacking
• From gory to glory
• Postscript: science in the future tense.