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The Cancer Treatment Revolution
David G. Nathan
How Smart Drugs and Other New Therapies are Renewing Our Hope and Changing the Face of Medicine
Wiley
April 2007
On Sale: March 30, 2007
272 pages
ISBN: 0471946540
EAN: 9780471946540
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
For the millions who face cancer, there is good news:
today, many patients with formerly fatal diagnoses will
enter complete remission and live their lives in good
health. Thousands of people every year are surviving cancers
that were considered fatal just a decade or two ago. Great
strides are being made in the treatment of cancer using a
combination of modern surgical techniques, radiation,
chemotherapy treatment, and smart drugs custom-designed to
block the growth of cancer cells. In this fascinating and
hopeful book, world-renowned doctor and researcher Dr. David
G. Nathan reveals both the scientific and human aspects of
the war against cancer and explores what it means to have
and to fight cancer in the 21st century. The Cancer Treatment Revolution is both an examination of
the history of cancer research and a celebration of the
medical professionals, scientific researchers, and
courageous patients who refuse to give up hope in the face
of illness. Dr. Nathan writes movingly about Mario, a young
boy who was diagnosed with a variety of leukemia that until
recently was considered untreatable; six years after his
diagnosis, Mario is in remission. Nathan also writes the
inspiring story of Joan, a 62-year-old mother and community
activist who learned she had an aggressive form of breast
cancer, but who beat her diagnosis through a combination of
surgery, radiation therapy, and hormone-blocking drugs.
Nathan also writes about Ken, a 48-year-old man who nearly
died of a stomach tumor one traumatic night but who, with
the help of new smart drugs, fought back against his disease
with fearlessness and optimism one day at a time. Both
dramatic and highly informative, The Cancer Treatment
Revolution introduces you to these and other patients, their
doctors, nurses, and loved ones, and the scientists who have
spent the last century working tirelessly for the solution
to conquering cancer. Today, thousands of patients are winning the fight against
cancer. Doctors and other medical and scientific
professionals are working side by side with patients and
bringing effective treatments, many new options, and greatly
improved care to more and more people every day. The Cancer
Treatment Revolution has begun—and together, we can win.
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