616.99/4
Johnson, George,
The cancer chronicles : unlocking medicine's deepest mystery /
George Johnson.
- First edition.
- xii, 284 pages ; 22 cm -
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-268) and index.
Jurassic cancer -- Nancy's story -- The consolations of anthropology -- Invasion of the body snatchers -- Information sickness -- "How heart cells embrace their fate" -- Where cancer really comes from -- "Adriamycin and posole for Christmas Eve" -- Deeper into the cancer cell -- The metabolic mess -- Gambling with radiation -- The immortal demon -- Beware the echthroi -- Joe's cancer.