04168cam a2200517 4500 349517387 TxAuBib 20180421120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427277381 1427277389 b7e45c3e-83fe-4e0a-89c0-9df91550a0d7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2443874 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib DeVita, Jr. The Death of Cancer [Bridges Audiobook] : After Fifty Years on the Front Lines of Medicine, a Pioneering Oncologist Reveals Why the War on Cancer Is Winnable—and How We Can Get There. Macmillan Audio, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 338MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 338MB. history of medicine. biography scientist. History of Science. doctor biographies. medical research . medicine history. cancer research. cure for cancer. Medical History. medical science. cancer history. oncology books. cure cancer. cancer cure. oncology. HTML:<p>Cancer touches everybody's life in one way or another. But most of us know very little about how the disease works, why we treat it the way we do, and the personalities whose dedication got us where we are today. For fifty years, Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. has been one of those key players: he has held just about every major position in the field, and he developed the first successful chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, a breakthrough the American Society of Clinical Oncologists has called the top research advance in half a century of chemotherapy. As one of oncology's leading figures, DeVita knows what cancer looks like from the lab bench and the bedside. <i>The Death of Cancer</i> is his illuminating and deeply personal look at the science and the history of one of the world's most formidable diseases. In DeVita's hands, even the most complex medical concepts are comprehensible. Cowritten with DeVita's daughter, the science writer Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, <i>The Death of Cancer</i> is also a personal tale about the false starts and major breakthroughs, the strong-willed oncologists who clashed with conservative administrators (and one another), and the courageous patients whose willingness to test cutting-edge research helped those oncologists find potential treatments. An emotionally compelling and informative read, <i>The Death of Cancer</i> is also a call to arms. DeVita believes that we're well on our way to curing cancer but that there are things we need to change in order to get there. Mortality rates are declining, but America's cancer patients are still being shortchanged—by timid doctors, by misguided national agendas, by compromised bureaucracies, and by a lack of access to information about the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's cancer centers. With historical depth and authenticity, DeVita reveals the true story of the fight against cancer. <i>The Death of Cancer</i> is an ambitious, vital audiobook about a life-and-death subject that touches us all.</p>. Health & Fitness. Nonfiction. Medical. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2018-06-21 22:00:02. McLaughlin, Stephen. DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/2443874-TheDeathOfCancer.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7e45c3e-83fe-4e0a-89c0-9df91550a0d7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/2443874-TheDeathOfCancer.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b7e45c3e-83fe-4e0a-89c0-9df91550a0d7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)