by Charles Graeber (Author)
Discover cancer's secret weakness and how a new generation of scientists finally cracked the code to fight - and cure - the disease.
One hundred years ago, physicians marvelled at patients with bacterial infections who appeared to have been spontaneously cured of deadly tumours. What was a miraculous mystery then is now hard scientific fact: immunotherapy is the cutting edge of cancer treatment, and a crucial breakthrough in the race to find the ultimate cure.
Journalist Charles Graeber expertly traces the fascinating history of immuno-oncology and guides readers through the revolutionary scientific research bringing cancer treatment into the 21st century. As advances in our understanding of cancer and the human immune system continue to fuel a therapeutic arms race among biotech and pharmaceutical companies around the world, the next step - harnessing the wealth of new information into modern and more effective patient therapies - is already well underway.
The Breakthrough is the first book to address the groundbreaking science of cancer treatment through immunotherapy. It is the incredible true story of the race to find a cure, a dispatch from the life-changing world of oncological science, and a brave new chapter in our fight with cancer.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Scribe UK
Published: 15 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 1911344862
ISBN 13: 9781911344865
`Only Graeber, one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, could take a subject so complex, dense and sprawling and turn it into a rollicking high-tension medical thriller. Masterful.'
-- Douglas Rogers, award-winning journalist and author of The Last Resort`A gripping chronicle of the 100-year overnight success of immunotherapy. For myself and millions of other cancer survivors, The Breakthrough is a book of immense and essential hope.'
-- Michael Fitzgerald, co-founder and CEO of Submittable and author of Radiant Days`There is no villain more ruthless than cancer, which has robbed us all of loved ones who had to endure untold suffering before they succumbed. But after decades of frustration and toil, scientists finally understand how to vanquish the disease by activating the human body's natural defences. The intimate stories behind this triumph lie at the heart of Charles Graeber's The Breakthrough, an expertly crafted and exhilarating account of life-saving ingenuity at its most dazzling. You will never encounter another book so incisive about the art of medical sleuthing, or so poetic about our innate drive to hold on to all that's beautiful in this world for as long as we can.'
-- Brendan I. Koerner, Wired contributing editor and author of The Skies Belong to UsPraise for The Good Nurse:
`A stunning book ... that should and does bring to mind In Cold Blood ... the story appeals to prurient interests, as does any graphic tale of true crime. But The Good Nurse succeeds in being about much more than Mr. Cullen's murderous kinks. The causes of his pathology are not interesting. But the eagerness of ambitious hospital administrators to cover up his misdeeds is revelatory. And the police investigation that brought him down is a thriller in every sense of that word.'
* New York Times *Praise for The Good Nurse:
`The most terrifying book published this year. It is also one of the most thoughtful ... From a long series of conversations with Cullen, the detectives who solved the case and Amy, a nurse who once was Cullen's best friend and eventually got him to confess, among many other sources, Graeber has crafted a book that is a revelation. The Good Nurse is gripping, sad, suspenseful, rhythmic and beautifully documented (the endnotes to this book are impressive).'
* Kirkus Reviews *Praise for The Good Nurse:
`Graeber doesn't pull punches ... A deeply unsettling addition to the true crime genre.'
* Publishers Weekly *Praise for The Good Nurse:
`Engrossing ... hard-to-put-down ... On one level, The Good Nurse is an absorbing story of a serial killer operating within the walls of what most view as a trusted institution. On another, it's an intriguing detective story. And on another it's an indictment of the hospital industry.'
* The New Jersey Star-Ledger *Praise for The Good Nurse:
`A remarkable new book ... gripping and brilliantly written.'
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