Cancerland: A Medical Memoir
Autor David Scadden, Michael D'Antonioen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 9 iul 2018
What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread?
From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden's seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer - his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back.
Now Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and one of the world's leading experts on immunology and oncology, writes his memoir with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio. With riveting stories and moving compassion, Scadden and D'Antonio paint a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. Ranging from Scadden's personal childhood memories to his triumphs and regrets as a doctor, Scadden illuminates a light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Through opening a window into the science of medicine in the world of the unknown, Scadden and D'Antonio humanize cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need.
Praise forCancerland:
"InCancerland, Dr. Scadden brilliantly unravels the position cancer occupies in our collective history and consciousness with intimacy and candor. He notes our collective debt to the scientists who laid the groundwork for the remarkable advances we will see to fruition in our lifetime. And he reminds us that medical science is truly a labor of love, done in service of society, and that the advances of science are truly worthy of not only our investment but our awe.Cancerlanddepicts medicinal science as it truly is: humbling, heart-breaking, complex and inspiring."-- Rana Awdish, author ofIn Shock
"Trying to understand the scientific underpinnings of cancer and the mysterious ways in which various cancers arise and spread is daunting. Stopping cancer in its tracks and curing it is an even more formidable task. Dr. David Scadden, a gifted physician scientist, has penned (with Michael D'Antonio) a dazzling and optimistic medical memoir that describes his personal life-long journey to use his scientific knowledge to combat one of the most complex diseases ever known and serve humanity. Scadden writes with humility, compassion and a sense of unbridled duty. Read this book and you will feel your heart expand and your spirit soar."--Sanjiv Chopra
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781427293763
ISBN-10: 1427293767
Dimensiuni: 147 x 130 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: MACMILLAN AUDIO
ISBN-10: 1427293767
Dimensiuni: 147 x 130 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: MACMILLAN AUDIO
Notă biografică
David Scadden, M.D., and Michael D'Antonio; read by Robert Fass, introduction and post-script read by David Scadden
Cuprins
Introduction
1. Dawn of the Biological Age
2. Seeing Cancer
3. Cancerland
4. Chemicals in Conversation
5. Stem Cells and a Renewable You
6. Snuppy the Hound and iPCSc
7. Provoking a Response
8. Gene Hacking
9. From Gory to Glory
Postscript: Science in the Future Tense
Bibliography
Index