The first cell and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last
A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis) treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must.
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2019
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The first cell : |b and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last / |c Azra Raza. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Basic Books, |c 2019 | |
| 300 | |a xii, 347 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue : cancer and its discontents -- Introduction : from last to first -- Omar : the nobleness of life is to do thus -- Per : sand piles and cancer -- Lady N : a loaded gun -- Kitty C : what wound did ever heal but by degrees? -- JC : one touch of nature makes the whole world kin -- Andrew : was honesty a choice? -- Harvey : death stared him in the face, and he stared right back -- Aftermath : give sorrow words -- Epilogue : the dawn has already arrived. | |
| 520 | |a A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis) treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Cancer |x Prevention. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cancer |v Popular works. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Raza, Azra, author. |t First cell |d New York : Basic Books, 2019 |z 9781541699502 |w (DLC) 2019018259 |
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