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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Scadden, David, author.     Subjects     Scadden, David.     Cancer -- Popular works.     Physicians -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Scadden, David, author.       by title:      Cancerland : a medic...         MARC Display

Cancerland : a medical memoir / David Scadden, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Harvard University) ; with Michael D'Antonio. by Scadden, David, author. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2018. Subjects Scadden, David.   Cancer -- Popular works.   Physicians -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781250092755 (hardcover ; alk. paper) : 1250092752 (hardcover ; alk. paper) Description:  308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Dawn of the biological age -- Seeing cancer -- Cancerland -- Chemicals in conversation -- Stem cells and a renewable you -- Snuppy the hound and iPSCs -- Provoking a response -- Gene hacking -- From gory to glory -- Postscript: science in the future tense. Requests:  0 Summary:  "By exploring the science of cancer, the promising new therapies, and remarkable drugs, Dr. Scadden humanizes it, reveals that progress toward a cure is real--if fitful--and assures those with cancer that they never walk alone"--Dust jacket flap. From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab, Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer. He paints a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. At the same time he opens a window into the science of medicine, humanizing cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need. -- adapted from jacket   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 616.994 Scadden Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Biography B Scadden Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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