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The emperor of all maladies a biography of cancer

A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it.

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Main Author:	Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, c2010.
Edition:	1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:	Cancer > History. Leukemia > History.
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Summary:	A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it.
Physical Description:	xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781439107959 (hardcover) 1439107955 (hardcover) 9781439170915 9781439195703 (pbk.) 1439195706 (pbk.) 9781439181713 (ebook) 1439181713 (ebook)
Author Notes:	Siddhartha Mukherjee was born in 1970 in New Delhi, India. He received an undergraduate degree in biology from Stanford University, a DPhil in immunology from Magdalen College, Oxford University, and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He is known for his work on the formation of blood, and the interactions between the micro-environment and cancer cells. His book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff physician at Columbia University Medical Center. His articles have appeared in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic. (Bowker Author Biography)