Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Title: The first cell : and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last Author: Raza, Azra, author. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, [2019] ©2019 Description: xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: "A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis)treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must."--Provided by publisher. Subjects: Cancer -- Prevention. Cancer -- Popular works. Contents: Prologue : cancer and its discontents -- Introduction : from last to first -- Omar : the nobleness of life is to do thus -- Per : sand piles and cancer -- Lady N : a loaded gun -- Kitty C : what wound did ever heal but by degrees? -- JC : one touch of nature makes the whole world kin -- Andrew : was honesty a choice? -- Harvey : death stared him in the face, and he stared right back -- Aftermath : give sorrow words -- Epilogue : the dawn has already arrived. ISBN 9781541699526 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1