The Death of Cancer by Vincent T Devita Md

The Death of Cancer by Vincent T Devita Md

Cancer touches everybody's life in one way or another. But most of us know very little about how the disease works, why we treat it the way we do, and the personalities whose dedication got us where we are today. For fifty years, Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. has been one of those key players: he has held just about every major position in the field, and he developed the first successful chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, a breakthrough the American Society of Clinical Oncologists has called the top research advance in half a century of chemotherapy. As one of oncology's leading figures, DeVita knows what cancer looks like from the lab bench and the bedside. The Death of Cancer is his illuminating and deeply personal look at the science and the history of one of the world's most formidable diseases. In DeVita's hands, even the most complex medical concepts are comprehensible.

Cowritten with DeVita's daughter, the science writer Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, The Death of Cancer is also a personal tale about the false starts and major breakthroughs, the strong-willed oncologists who clashed with conservative administrators (and one another), and the courageous patients whose willingness to test cutting-edge research helped those oncologists find potential treatments. An emotionally compelling and informative read, The Death of Cancer is also a call to arms. DeVita believes that we're well on our way to curing cancer but that there are things we need to change in order to get there. Mortality rates are declining, but America's cancer patients are still being shortchanged--by timid doctors, by misguided national agendas, by compromised bureaucracies, and by a lack of access to information about the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's cancer centers.

With historical depth and authenticity, DeVita reveals the true story of the fight against cancer. The Death of Cancer is an ambitious, vital book about a life-and-death subject that touches us all.

DeVita Jr, Vincent T.: - Dr. DeVita is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He is the former Director of the National Cancer Institute and developed the cure for Hodgkin's Disease and other lymphomas. He is the Director Emeritus at the Yale Cancer Center and has received numerous awards including the Mary and Albert Lasker Prize, the Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society, the first Pezcoller Award from the European School of Oncology, the Armand Hammer Cancer Prize and the Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Medal. He recently was recognized with the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Award from the Leukemia Society of America and was the recipient of the first Saul Rosenberg Research Award from the Lymphoma Research Foundation of America. Dr. DeVita also served as co-chair of the National Cancer Legislative Advisory Committee for revising the National Cancer Act of 1971.

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ISBN 13	9780374135607
ISBN 10	0374135606
Title	The Death of Cancer
Author	Vincent T Devita Md
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Sarah Crichton Books
Year published	2015-11-03
Number of pages	336
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