Displaying 1 of 1 2007 Format: Book Author: Wishart, Adam, 1968- Title: One in three : a son's journey into the history and science of cancer / Adam Wishart. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Grove Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2007. Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm Summary: A history of cancer covers the scientific discoveries of the eighteenth century and the modern worldwide research efforts to treat and cure the disease, while offering the author's own experience as the son of a cancer patient. Subjects: Cancer -- History. Cancer -- Patients -- Biography. Fathers and sons. Genre: Biographies. Personal narratives. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index. Contents: Incipience : the disease emerges -- Surgery : the bloody butchery -- Cells : a scientific revolution -- Radiation : Marie Curie's new light -- Causes : is civilization the problem? -- Chemotherapy : the hunt for the magic bullet -- The war on cancer : Richard Nixon's quest -- Alternatives : the backlash against orthodoxy -- Genes : the search for the cancer code -- Prevention : making your own luck -- Targeting genes : "my parents made me a crusader" -- The clocks of mortality : how a cell is damaged -- Epilogue : The future. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 2006050909 ISBN: 0802118402 9780802118400 Other Number: 71286740 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 187684 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 362.196994 Wishart Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
