The cancer chronicles, unlocking medicine's deepest mystery, George Johnson
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The cancer chronicles, unlocking medicine's deepest mystery, George Johnson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-268) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The cancer chronicles
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bibliography
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825106433
Responsibility statement
George Johnson
Sub title
unlocking medicine's deepest mystery
Summary
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
Table Of 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
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