The Cancer Treatment Revolution: How Smart Drugs and Other New Therapies Are Renewing Our Hope and Changing the Face of Medicine

by David G. Nathan

Book Overview

Praise for The Cancer Treatment Revolution

"A wonderful journey through modern medical science, told with warmth and insight, brought to life through the stories of people confronting cancer. This book will inspire and educate both laymen and caregivers."
-Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of The Measure of Our Days and The Anatomy of Hope and Recanati, Professor, Harvard Medical School

"This is probably the best book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471946540
• ISBN13: 9780471946540
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The author is former head of Dana Farber & a prof. Harvard Medical School.

The author is the (now retired) head of the Dana Farber Cancer Instutute and he's currently a Professor at Harvard Medical School. This certainly sets the book apart from the vast sea of popular Health and Medicine books written by people who only know how to write popular books and never published anything subject to peer review. This is a great read! I read the book not having cancer myself, so I was mostly interested in getting a feel for the flavor of the science behind future and current cancer treatment. This book was great for that. The fight against cancers is extremely interesting scientifically. If you actually have cancer, then I would recommend reading this for reliable information because the author is at the top of his field.

A promise of Hope

The reader is left with the feeling that just around the corner specific cancer killing drugs will be available (as opposed to the current drugs which kill all cells in sight...(which is why patients become gravely ill from "chemo" treatments). The problem is, of course, how far is the corner..10 years, 20, more? Still,it is worth reading and gives hope where there may only have been despair...

Cancer Treatment Revolution --- review

Very clearly written, warm hearted. To me the title suggested a more comprehensive coverage than there is. There is a very good introductory chapter and then 3 individual cases as examples of the medical progress. An excellent start on the subject.