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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Mukherjee, Siddhartha.     Subjects     Cancer.     Cancer -- History.     Cancer -- Research.     Cancer -- Prevention.     Cancer -- Treatment.     Cancer -- Chemotherapy.     Cancer -- Radiotherapy.     Cancer -- Patients -- Psychology.     Leukemia.     Leukemia -- History.     Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mukherjee, Siddhartha.       by title:      The emperor of all m...       by call number:      616.994 M953e     Search the Web     Mukherjee, Siddhartha.     Cancer.     Cancer -- History.     Cancer -- Research.     Cancer -- Prevention.     Cancer -- Treatment.     Cancer -- Chemotherapy.     Cancer -- Radiotherapy.     Cancer -- Patients -- Psychology.     Leukemia.     Leukemia -- History.     Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.       MARC Display

The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee. by Mukherjee, Siddhartha. Scribner, c2010. Call #: 616.994 M953e Subjects Cancer.   Cancer -- History.   Cancer -- Research.   Cancer -- Prevention.   Cancer -- Treatment.   Cancer -- Chemotherapy.   Cancer -- Radiotherapy.   Cancer -- Patients -- Psychology.   Leukemia.   Leukemia -- History.   Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. ISBN:  9781439107959 (hardcover) 9781439195703 (pbk.) 9781439170915 (pbk., 2011 Scribner trade pbk. edition) Edition:  1st Scribner hardcover ed. Description:  xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  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 -- Atossa's war. Summary:  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the basis of a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer - from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. A lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with and perished from for more than five thousand years. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer." From the Persian Queen Atossa, whose Greek slave may have cut off her diseased breast, to the nineteenth-century recipients of primitive radiation and chemotherapy to Mukherjee's own leukemia patient, Carla - the people who have soldiered through fiercely demanding regimens in order to survive and to increase our understanding of this iconic disease. A fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments, and an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer. Awards:  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for NonFiction, 2011. Holds:  5   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.994 M953e Adult books Checked out Jun 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 616.994 M953e Core Collection - Adult Item being held   Add Copy to MyList

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