Quicklet on Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The Emperor of All Maladies not only describes the nature and biology of cancer, it discusses a topic most readers care just as much, if not more about: The possibility of a cure. For close to a century, doctors have been hoping for and working on creating a “magic bullet,” a single approach or wonder drug that will completely end the war on cancer. Mukherjee’s book demonstrates that while oncology has made amazing progress in allowing cancer patients longer, healthier, happier lives, the long sought-after magic bullet cure for cancer remains nowhere in sight.