Annotation
A leading cancer specialist and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University offers a history of cancer and its treatment, starting all the way back with the Persian queen Atossa. Not for folks who want how-to or memoir; this is deep. With a three-city tour.
Awards
2010 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
2010 New York Times Editors' Choice
2010 New York Times Notable Books of the Year
2011 Pulitzer Prize
2011 Guardian First Book Award
2012 American Library Association Notable Books
| Genre | NonFiction Health, Mind and Body Medical Science Sociological |
| Topics | Cancer Cancer treatment Cancer patients Medicine Medical research Scientific research Science history Doctors Patients Drugs World history |