![]() ![]() ![]() The side effects of both radiation and chemotherapy were frequently deadly. In addition, researchers had to consider the effects of radiation in destroying healthy tissue and causing leukemia and pernicious anemia. Only since the 1950s have cancer victims had a reasonable chance of surviving and returning to normal life, and even then surgical treatment often left patients disabled while halting but not stopping the spread of metastatic cancers. ![]() He shapes the narrative as a heroic contest between two adversaries-cancer and the brave patients who fight for their lives, despite horrendous nausea from chemotherapy and other painful effects of the disease and the treatment. The story of cancer, as well as a coming-of-age tale of a renowned oncologist.Ĭancer physician Mukherjee (Medicine/Columbia Univ.) began this book in 2003 while completing a residency in medicine and graduate work in cancer immunology. ![]()
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