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The cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery / George Johnson.

By: Johnson, George, 1952 January 20-.
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: 616.99/4
Contents:
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.
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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.

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