Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer - and How to Win It
por Leaf, Clifton
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- Used - Good
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- 1476739986
- ISBN 13
- 9781476739984
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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A provocative, eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward. OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues to kill with abandon. In 2013, despite a four-decade âÈêwarâÈë against the disease that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, more than 1.6 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and nearly six hundred thousand will die from it. A decade ago, Clifton Leaf, a celebrated journalist and a cancer survivor himself, began to investigate why we had made such limited progress fighting this terrifying disease. The result is a gripping narrative that reveals why the publicâÈçs immense investment in research has been badly misspent, why scientists seldom collaborate and share their data, why new drugs are so expensive yet routinely fail, and why our best hope for progressâÈ'brilliant young scientistsâÈ' are now abandoning the search for a cure. The Truth in Small Doses is that rare tale that will both outrage readers and inspire conversation and change.
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- Livreiro
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- BOS-D-04e-01776
- Título
- Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer - and How to Win It
- Autor
- Leaf, Clifton
- Estado do livro
- Used - Good
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1476739986
- ISBN 13
- 9781476739984
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Local de publicação
- Ny
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- 2013-07-16
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