READ THE WINNER OF 8 BOOK AWARDS, INCLUDING the INDEPENDENT AUTHOR NETWORK (IAN) AWARD IN HEALTH/MEDICINE AND THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN CANCER! "Remarkably lucid... A marvelous book that's packed with knowledge, insight, and hope.”- Kirkus Reviews "For anyone who wants to move beyond headlines and understand the science—and the real human impact of cancer—Taming Cancer is an accessible, hopeful roadmap." - Wrote A Book Cancer has long stood as medicine’s most elusive adversary, outmaneuvering every treatment and defying easy answers. In Taming Cancer: 21st Century Biology and the Future of Cancer Medicine, a veteran cancer drug developer takes readers inside the laboratories and clinics where the stakes are nothing less than life and death as scientists race to transform cancer from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable illness. Through vivid storytelling, readers meet the innovators behind “living drugs”— medicines made in biological systems— such as engineered T cells (CAR-T cells), oncolytic viruses, and other seemingly magical medicines. These ingenious drugs arrest tumor progression and metastasis, turning the tables on tumors by using— in reverse—the same molecular tricks that cancer cells use to support their path of cellular destruction. For some patients, these emerging “wonder drugs” are providing long-term remissions measured in years, and for the most fortunate patients, even decades of remission have already been achieved. These are the most exciting times in our long battle against "The Emperor of All Maladies": A shift is underway in the paradigm of cancer treatment from toxic substances (e.g., chemotherapy and radiation) that destroy both tumors and bystander normal cells to therapies that leverage decades of cancer research to target the biological weaknesses of cancer cells. Finally, we have a viable way to fight back! As headlines buzz with new cancer therapies and clinical trial breakthroughs, Taming Cancer presents a compelling and hopeful vision of a future when cancer will be managed as a chronic disease, much like rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. For the most responsive patients, the eradication of cancer cells from the body-the long-sought cure for metastatic cancer—will become a reality for increasing numbers of patients.
ASIN: B0D36C96DC
VSKU: PKV.B0D36C96DC.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Kelner Ph.D., Dr. Drew N.
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!