On the Cancer Frontier: One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610392523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars fantastic book on the history and future treatment of cancer. Gustavo Corral said Doorstop, paperweight.. Had to throw it away. Basically, it is the writer's life story in cancer research. Nice if you are into that sort of meandering, but not useful if you are trying to glean insights into the field. The field of cancer research itself has moved heavily into bioinformatics, which the author completely ignores.. "On the Cancer Frontier" according to Robert Sabin. Written for Lay Readers in a conversationalist style. Instead of On the Cancer Frontier, it is a autobiography of Dr.Marks and his dedication and perseverance.The book lacks detail and depth. the almost total failure of the Genetic basis for cancer to produce safe and effective therapies is omitted. In fact, the controversy whether the genetic basis of cancer is correct is
From Booklist This well-written, often dramatic book about the nation’s second-largest killer is a cross between memoir and cancer history. In 2009, he learned that he had bladder cancer, and today is alive and healthy and sharing such insights as, Cancer is, in a way, the body’s war on itself. Still, he remains upbeat because of better prevention, early diagnosis, and personalized treatment that keeps many cancer patients alive for years. In the middle of the book, Marks mentions that when he was five, his seven-months-pregnant mom died in a horrific accident when she tumbled down the stairs of her father’s clothing store. Marks himself is the beneficiary of new knowledge. He discusses hospital politics and research and the infamous war on cancer, which is more about containment than a final victory. A good addition to the growing number of engaging titles about this disease. With help from his skillful coauthor, Wall Str
On the Cancer Frontier is Marks' account of the transformation in our understanding of cancer and why there is growing optimism in our ability to stop it.. He also developed better therapies that promise a new era of cancer containment. Marks, MD, has been a leader in these efforts to finally control this devastating disease.Marks helped establish the strategy for the war on cancer” in 1971 as a researcher and member of President Nixon's cancer panel. As the president and chief executive officer for nineteen years at the world's pre-eminent cancer hospital, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, he was instrumental in ending the years of futility. While cancer has not been curedand a cure may elude us for a long time yetthere has been a revolution in our understanding of its nature. Some cancers, like childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, that were once deadly conditions, are now survivableeven curable. Years of brilliant science have revealed how this individualistic disease seizes control of the foundations of lifeour genesand produces guerrilla cells that can attack and elude treatmen