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  • Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
     
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    A series of catastrophes & miracles : a true story of love, science, and cancer / Mary Elizabeth Williams.
    by Williams, Mary Elizabeth, (Journalist), author.
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    Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2016.
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  • Women -- Health and hygiene.
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    1426216335
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    304 pages ; 24 cm
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    "A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly, her cancer disappears entirely in just a few weeks. But at the same time, her best friend embarks on a cancer journey of her own--with very different results. Williams's experiences as a patient and a medical test subject reveal with stark honesty what it takes to weather disease, the extraordinary new developments that are rewriting the rules of science--and the healing power of human connection"--
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