The cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery / George Johnson.
By: Johnson, George.
Edition: First edition.Description: xii, 284 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0307595145 (hbk.); 9780307595140 (hbk.).Subject(s): Cancer -- Etiology -- Popular works | Cancer -- Research -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.99/4Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | RC268.48 .J64 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001607 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-268) and index.
Jurassic cancer -- Nancy's story -- The consolations of anthropology -- Invasion of the body snatchers -- Information sickness -- "How heart cells embrace their fate" -- Where cancer really comes from -- "Adriamycin and posole for Christmas Eve" -- Deeper into the cancer cell -- The metabolic mess -- Gambling with radiation -- The immortal demon -- Beware the echthroi -- Joe's cancer.