The cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery / George Johnson.

Author
Johnson, George, 1952 January 20- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Description
xii, 284 pages ; 22 cm

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    New theories question cancer as we know it in this exploration of the latest theories that could help us better understand and treat cancer in the years to come. Learn what diet and dinosaurs' skeletons can tell us about the nature of cancer, where cancer comes from, how tumors grow, and more.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-268) and index.
    Contents
    • Jurassic cancer
    • Nancy's story
    • The consolations of anthropology
    • Invasion of the body snatchers
    • Information sickness
    • "How heart cells embrace their fate"
    • Where cancer really comes from
    • "Adriamycin and posole for Christmas Eve"
    • Deeper into the cancer cell
    • The metabolic mess
    • Gambling with radiation
    • The immortal demon
    • Beware the echthroi
    • Joe's cancer.
    ISBN
    • 9780307595140 ((hbk.))
    • 0307595145 ((hbk.))
    • 9781847921666
    • 1847921663
    • 9780307742308
    • 030774230X
    LCCN
    2012048474
    OCLC
    825106433
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