Mukherjee, Siddhartha. <br/><br/>
The emperor of all maladies :  a biography of cancer / 
Siddhartha Mukherjee. 
 - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Scribner,   
 - xiv, 571 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-541) and index. 
<br/><br/>"Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war. 
<br/><br/> A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood the human body for millennia. 
<br/><br/> Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction, 2011. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781439107959 1439107955 9781439195703 1439195706 9781439181713 1439181713 1410447154 9781410447159 9781439170915 1439170916 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9781439107959  53000 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>BRO-cust20110118-153  BRO-cust20110127-153  BRO-cust20110210-054 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010024114 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer--History.<br/>Leukemia--History.<br/>Leukemia--history.<br/>Leukemia--drug therapy.<br/>Antineoplastic Agents--history.<br/>History, 20th Century.<br/>Cancer.<br/>Leukemia.<br/>Cancer--behandling--historia.<br/>Cancer--History.<br/>Leukemia--History.<br/>Cancer--History.<br/>Leukemia--History.<br/>Leukemia--drug therapy--United States.<br/>Leukemia--history--United States.<br/>Antineoplastic Agents--history--United States.<br/>History, 20th Century--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Facted Index Terms: </label><br/>FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Instructional and educational works.<br/>History.<br/>Instructional and educational works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC275  / .M85 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.99/4 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>616-006.6  / M85 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WH 11 AA1  / M953e 2010