The death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reve...
The death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reve...
The death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there / Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn.
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Publisher
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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G 2015/4563
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Language
English
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Physical content
324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Outrageous fortune -- The chemotherapists -- MOMP -- MOPP -- The war on cancer -- Boots on the ground -- Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute -- Frances Kelsey syndrome -- Where rubber meets the road -- The death of cancer -- Outrageous fortune part II.
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Publisher
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"A personal history of the war on cancer, told by the pioneering oncologist who developed the first successful chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma"-- Provided by publisher....
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Full title
The death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there / Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
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G 2015/4563
Record Identifier
74VKz2xyqO3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz2xyqO3l
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ISBN
0374135606 (hardback)
9780374135607 (hardback)
DDC
616.9940092 B
MMS ID
991023321879702626
