The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

from Read Between The Lines · host Siddhartha Mukherjee

Meet the emperor of all maladies. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning "biography," physician Siddhartha Mukherjee tells the epic, four-thousand-year-old story of cancer. Journey from its first documented whispers in ancient scrolls to the high-tech labs waging a cellular war today. More than a medical history, this is a gripping narrative of human ingenuity, relentless struggle, and profound hope in the face of our most cunning cellular adversary. It is the definitive story of humanity’s epic battle against an enemy that lives within us all.

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