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A deadly scourge
N. GOPAL RAJ
| A highly readable account of how ideas about cancer and ways to treat it evolved over time |
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES - A Biography of Cancer: Siddhartha Mukherjee; Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, A 53, Sector 57, Noida-201301. Rs. 499.
This book provides a panoramic view of humanity's fight against a deadly scourge. Cancer has plagued human beings down the ages. As people's lifespan lengthened and they became less likely to fall victim to infectious diseases, it emerged as a major killer in both rich and poor countries. One in eight deaths worldwide is now caused by cancer.
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