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The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
A biography of cancer: ancient descriptions, radical surgery, chemotherapy, the war on cancer, targeted therapy. Pulitzer winner, humane and vast.
Read it if…
cancer has touched your life and you want to understand it.
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Skip it if…
you want a hopeful quick read.
Try instead: The Song of the Cell →
Three things you will actually use
- Progress is slow and real.
- Hubris cost lives.
- Patients are the story.
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Read the chapters on Sidney Farber.
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Cancer's biography.
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