The Cancer Chronicles

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He explains cancer in clear – and terrifying – terms. He has a lively scientific mind A wonderful and yet very sad book. It weaves together an immense amount of detail on this devastating disease with a very personal and touching story Tightly argued, data-rich Gripping, illuminating and affecting… It turns out that Mr Johnson’s deceptively casual narrative route is cannily chosen. He wanders everywhere, an intelligent, skeptical, interested and saddened observer with no particular prejudices or axes to grind’ In a provocative and intellectually vibrant exploration, [Johnson] takes us on an adventure through the history and recent advances of cancer research that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease… In good company with the works of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Abraham Verghese, The Cancer Chronicles is endlessly surprising and as radiant in its prose as it is authoritative in its eye-opening science Rich and sweeping...this is a book for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer, which is just about everyone Compact, elegant...gripping... Everyone who is concerned about cancer – that is every thinking adult – should read The Cancer Chronicles A highly captivating book that meticulously explains the current scientific understanding of cancer A fascinating compilation of selected discoveries in cancer research that helped shape his deeper understanding of the disease process Johnson elegantly tells a fascinating chronological tale of cancer Expand reviews