The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010
Devastation Rating
cancer medicine history science
Our Take
A biography of cancer, from its first mention in Egyptian papyri to targeted therapy. Mukherjee is an oncologist writing about his patients and the disease that defines his career. The love for the work and the grief for what it cannot do are inseparable.
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