The truth in small doses : why we're losing the war on cancer--and how to win it / Clifton Leaf.

  • Leaf, Clifton.
Date:
2013
  • Books

About this work

Description

A decade ago Leaf, a cancer survivor himself, began to investigate why we had made such limited progress fighting this terrifying disease. The result is a gripping narrative that reveals why the public's immense investment in research has been badly misspent, why scientists seldom collaborate and share their data, why new drugs are so expensive yet routinely fail, and why our best hope for progress-- brilliant young scientists-- are now abandoning the search for a cure.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY ; London : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Physical description

viii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Edition

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-480) and index.

Contents

How did we get here? -- The burden. Counting ; The truth in small doses ; A war of attrition ; The soldier -- The myth of the magic bullet. The little orange pill ; Missing the target ; Preemption -- The cancer culture. The wrong bill ; The "door" question ; Publish and perish ; Deadly caution ; Zero to ninety ; Fossils ; The one-eyed surgeon -- The way forward. Matterhorn.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QZ 201 2013L43t
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781476739984
  • 1476739986