The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer /
By: Mukherjee, Siddhartha
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BookPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2010.Description: xiv, 571 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780007250912; 9781439195703 (pbk.); 9781439181713 (ebook); 1439107955; 1439195706; 1439181713Subject(s): Cancer -- History | Leukemia -- History | Cancer -- History | Leukemia -- History | Leukemia -- drug therapy -- United States | Leukemia -- history -- United States | Antineoplastic Agents -- history -- United States | History, 20th Century -- United StatesDDC classification: 616.99/4 Online resources: Location Map
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A discussion of the history of the fight to cure, control, and defeat cancer, covering its origins, relevant scientific research, and other related topics.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 616.994 MU EM (Browse shelf) | Available | T0042947 |
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| 616.9803 PE MO Modern industrial hygiene : | 616.9803 SP IN Industrial hygiene simplified : | 616.9883009599 AN CO Colonial pathologies : | 616.994 MU EM The emperor of all maladies : | 616.994240092 KA WH When breath becomes air | 617.0231 OX FO Oxford handbook of surgical nursing / | 617.10083 HA DE The deepest well : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 vision of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors.
A discussion of the history of the fight to cure, control, and defeat cancer, covering its origins, relevant scientific research, and other related topics.
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