I really love Ken Burns documentaries, hence the interest. Although cancer is not a single disease but a collection of several diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of cells in the body, the book portrays cancer as a great villain, lurking in the shadows, ready to strike at any time. I really love Ken Burns documentaries, hence the interest. Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2017. Although factually interested, I felt the book was slightly dry while reviewing the early history of cancer care. This book was outstanding, and one that should be read with care for anyone working in oncology. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2018. His cryptic note under “Therapy:” “There is none.” Throughout cancer’s subsequent years, many more physicians and scientists with names both familiar and obscure attempted and occasionally succeeded in deciphering or unlocking keys to many of the disease’s mysteries. After a stem cell transplant I am coming up for a year. I was not disappointed. Some impressively tenacious people have got us to where we are now and how they came to this point is utterly mind-blowing. As things stand this shorter version won the Pulitzer Prize. The book is fascinating, examining all aspects of the disease in the framework of a broad story arc. We all agreed it was beautifully written and relatively easy to understand. From the first chemotherapy developed from textile dyes to the possibilities emerging from our understanding of cancer cells, Mukherjee shapes a massive amount of history into a coherent story with a roller-coaster trajectory: the discovery of a new treatment--surgery, radiation, chemotherapy--followed by the notion that if a little is good, more must be better, ending in disfiguring radical mastectomy and multidrug chemo so toxic the treatment ended up being almost worse than the disease. Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" is one of the most important books I have ever read. After a stem cell transplant I am coming up for a year. I read this book after being treated with chemo, radiation and surgery for stage II breast cancer. The change in prose was palpable as it transitioned to modern oncology, where the author gave detailed, emotional accounts of his own patient interactions. Cancer is an illness which every one of us is likely to come into contact with; certainly, several close relatives of mine have died of one form or other of the disease and other (very close) relatives have been treated successfully, whilst another is undergoing treatment.

Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, is nothing less than an account of the 4,000-year quest to understand and treat cancer, a malady that continues to plague us over the centuries.Mukherjee, an Indian-American oncologist and author, received a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the 2010 work. I was literally just reading words without even putting meaning behind it.

I highly recommend it. A must read for anyone interested in cancer, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2013. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (Wellcome Collection), Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Starred Review. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.

Thoughts on Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies: Learned about the science of cancer, Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011, Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize. It was a JOY to read of the cures for some of the diseases that we simply had nothing to use to treat patients when I was working. 2,783 global ratings | 2,258 global reviews, Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015, I only read this book because Ken Burns produced a documentary on it that is coming out in the Spring of 2015. A bit too candid for someone currently undergoing cancer treatment. This page works best with JavaScript. An informative overview of the evolution of healthcare and health research, in addition to the specific history of cancer. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I have found it both deeply disturbing and strangely comforting at the same time.

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