Starred Review. Mukherjee's debut book is a sweeping epic of obsession, brilliant researchers, dramatic new treatments, euphoric success and tragic failure, and the relentless battle by scientists and patients alike against an equally relentless, wily, and elusive enemy. 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. The first part of the book is driven by the obsession of Sidney Farber and philanthropist Mary Lasker to find a unitary cure for all cancers. (Farber developed the first successful chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.) The last and most exciting part is driven by the race of brilliant, maverick scientists to understand how cells become cancerous. Each new discovery was small, but as Mukherjee, a Columbia professor of medicine, writes, "Incremental advances can add up to transformative changes." Mukherjee's formidable intelligence and compassion produce a stunning account of the effort to disrobe the "emperor of maladies." (Nov.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
荣获中宣部、中国图书评论学会和央视“2015中国好书”奖 荣获第十一届文津图书奖 荣获第八届吴大猷科学普及著作奖 这是一本讲癌症的书，但和你以往见过的该题材的书完全不同。 这不是一本“养生秘籍”，不会推荐什么神奇的保健品，但会告诉你，哪些生活习惯能致癌，哪些能防癌。 这不是一本“心灵鸡汤”，不会保证任 何癌症都是可以战胜的，但会告诉你，哪些癌症治愈率很高，哪些治疗方法是有效的。会告诉 你，为什么癌症治疗的第三次革命来了，为什么最近的免疫治疗新药能治愈晚期癌症。 这不是一本“癌症生物学”，不会堆砌各种专业词汇，但会让你明白，什么是BRCA基因突变，为什么影星朱莉30多岁就主动切掉了乳房和卵巢。 这不是一本“癌症临床指南”，不会指导你如何化疗和放疗，但会让你明白，为什么化疗放疗会有这么多副作用，为什么我们要努力开发新的靶向药物。 希望这本书把癌症的一些基本知识明明白白地讲给大家听，知其然，知其所以然。 希望患者和家属读完这本书能更好地理解医生的推荐和选择；希望医务工作者读完这本书能更好地知道前沿的药物研究方向和成果；希望科学爱好者读完这本书能了解癌症的本质和社会上癌症热点新闻背后的科学。 希望大家知道癌症的真相，不再恐慌，不再盲从。 ★作者菠萝将把所得稿酬捐献给向日葵儿童癌症公益平台，意味着每位购书者将为中国儿童癌症患者献一份珍贵的爱心！ ★微信圈阅读量累计近千万！ ★有图有真相，每章首一幅可爱而有内涵的插画。 ★中国科学院曾益新院士作序推荐！
荣获中宣部、中国图书评论学会和央视“2015中国好书”奖 荣获第十一届文津图书奖 荣获第八届吴大猷科学普及著作奖 荣获第四届中国科普作家协会优秀科普作品奖 荣获科技部2016全国优秀科普作品奖 这是一本讲癌症的书，但和你以往见过的该题材的书完全不同。 这不是一本“养生秘籍”，不会推荐什么神奇的保健品，但会告诉你，哪些生活习惯能致癌，哪些能防癌。 这 不是一本“心灵鸡汤”，不会保证任 何癌症都是可以战胜的，但会告诉你，哪些癌症治愈率很高，哪些治疗方法是有效的。会告诉 你，为什么癌症治疗的第三次革命来了，为什么最近的免疫治疗新药能治愈晚期癌症。 这不是一本“癌症生物学”，不会堆砌各种专业词汇，但会让你明白，什么是BRCA基因突变，为什么影星朱莉30多岁就主动切掉了乳房和卵巢。 这不是一本“癌症临床指南”，不会指导你如何化疗和放疗，但会让你明白，为什么化疗放疗会有这么多副作用，为什么我们要努力开发新的靶向药物。 希望这本书把癌症的一些基本知识明明白白地讲给大家听，知其然，知其所以然。 希望患者和家属读完这本书能更好地理解医生的推荐和选择；希望医务工作者读完这本书能更好地知道前沿的药物研究方向和成果；希望科学爱好者读完这本书能了解癌症的本质和社会上癌症热点新闻背后的科学。 希望大家知道癌症的真相，不再恐慌，不再盲从。 ★作者菠萝将把所得稿酬捐献给向日葵儿童癌症公益平台，意味着每位购书者将为中国儿童癌症患者献一份珍贵的爱心！ ★微信圈阅读量累计近千万！ ★有图有真相，每章首一幅可爱而有内涵的插画。 ★中国科学院曾益新院士作序推荐！
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Starred Review. Mukherjee's debut book is a sweeping epic of obsession, brilliant researchers, dramatic new treatments, euphoric success and tragic failure, and the relentless battle by scientists and patients alike against an equally relentless, wily, and elusive enemy. 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. The first part of the book is driven by the obsession of Sidney Farber and philanthropist Mary Lasker to find a unitary cure for all cancers. (Farber developed the first successful chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.) The last and most exciting part is driven by the race of brilliant, maverick scientists to understand how cells become cancerous. Each new discovery was small, but as Mukherjee, a Columbia professor of medicine, writes, "Incremental advances can add up to transformative changes." Mukherjee's formidable intelligence and compassion produce a stunning account of the effort to disrobe the "emperor of maladies." (Nov.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.