The Emperor of All Maladies - a biography of cancer

Siddartha Mukherjee

Scribner

2010

571 páginas

19h 2m

ISBN-13: 9781439107959

"In 2010, about six hundred thousand Americans, and more than 7 million humans around the world, will die of cancer." With this sobering statistic, physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee begins his comprehensive and eloquent "biography" of one of the most virulent diseases of our time. An exhaustive account of cancer's origins, The Emperor of All Maladies illustrates how modern treatments--multi-pronged chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, as well as preventative care--came into existence thanks to a century's worth of research, trials, and small, essential breakthroughs around the globe. While The Emperor of All Maladies is rich with the science and history behind the fight against cancer, it is also a meditation on illness, medical ethics, and the complex, intertwining lives of doctors and patients. Mukherjee's profound compassion--for cancer patients, their families, as well as the oncologists who, all too often, can offer little hope--makes this book a very human history of an elusive and complicated disease. --Lynette Mong

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5 (Perfeito)

Elegante, sensível, técnico, informativo e inspirador

Não é um livro de fácil leitura. No meu caso foi em áudio. Sinceramente não sei se conseguiria em leitura.

Conteúdo impressionante. Uma biografia da descobertas desta doença e as batalhas muito maiores que imagianva procurando a cura. Assutador e inspirador ao mesmo tempo.

O autor merece o sucesso dessa obra.