Article archive / December 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 4. Source pages: 13.
Michele Larzelere, PhD LSUHSC Department of Family Medicine The Emperor of Al Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
“In this book, a physician and researcher provides a ‘biography’ of cancer, from the first historical mentions of what we now know as cancer, to the more recent discoveries that are turning some cancers into chronic diseases. Along the way, the author inter- weaves first-person accounts from his own patients with descriptions of the biophysiological challenges cancers present to clinical researchers. He also profiles several early cancer researchers who brought “the C-word” out of the shadows and helped to direct research funding toward cancer cures. The author has a writing style that makes research and treatment concepts easily understood, no matter how long it has been since your last biology class! His explanations should be the model for physicians everywhere. He also demonstrates the type of compassion for his patients and dedication that we would all wish to have in our own oncologist. Given that most of our lives will be touched by cancer in some fashion, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.”
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