The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer /
Siddhartha Mukherjee.
- New York : Scribner, 2010.
- xiv, 571 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"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.
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 States.