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The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery (2013)

by George Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307595145 (ISBN13: 9780307595140)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: A very good primer on the disease. He's very pragmatic, very realistic, and quite explanatory about the complexity of it all, and to what we can probably attribute, and not-attribute, the causes and origins. Johnson also strikes you as the kind of person with a truckload of information on his head. A smart book, written by a smart man. The book also expresses hopefulness in what seems to me to be the appropriate measure. Underlying the surface is the message that it's not your fault, which is the most affirming thought for anyone who suffers, who is, indeed, blameless.
review 2: This was extremely information and very often, over my head. As a family member of a cancer patient, I didn't find a lot of what I read particularly hopeful or uplifting. But in a wei... morerd way, I did. The author presented a very good case that orthodox ways about think about causes of cancer and treatment may be outdated. There was compelling evidence that our environments may have little to do with the biological processes at play. The author's personal journey with his wife's cancer laid the brackdrop for a very in depth and analytical perspective of even the most cutting edge medical research. In the end, I took a way a strong desire to delve into the research and better understand the science behind the disease. less

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