Cancer

The paperback edition of "Cancer Biography", a Pulitzer Prize-winning work, recommended by the Wenjin Award, and a new translation for the 10th anniversary.

This is a magnificent, profound and humanistic "biography of cancer", which tells the story of cancer being first recorded thousands of years ago, until the process of human understanding, treatment and conquest of cancer in the 21st century, and the understanding of cancer. The essence has a new understanding.

As a doctor, scientific researcher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Mukherjee examines cancer with the precision of a cell biologist, the perspective of a historian and the enthusiasm of a biographer, and records the human war against cancer for thousands of years. Finally, this shocking chronicle of cancer is brought to readers.

The story of cancer is full of human intelligence, tenacity and perseverance, but also mixed with arrogance, paternalism and misunderstanding. Through the eyes of medical predecessors and peers, Mukherjee tells the story of recognition, setbacks, triumphs and death in the eyes of centuries-old healthcare workers as they sharpened their abilities against this infinitely cunning adversary. Just 30 years ago, it was thought that humanity could easily defeat this adversary through an all-out "war on cancer".

This book reads like a thriller with cancer as the main character. From the mastectomized Queen Atossa of Persia, to those undergoing primitive radiation and chemotherapy, to the author's leukemia patient, Kala, this book tells the stories of those who endured harsh treatments to survive while deepening their understanding of the disease. Understanding Peugeot Disease.

Engaging, urgent, and full of surprises, this book provides a unique reference for the future of cancer treatment and opens clear perspective for those trying to understand the truth about cancer.

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Highlights:

The 10th anniversary edition of the classic best-selling book in the field of medical humanities.

It took Dr. Mukherjee six years to write, Dr. Ma Xiangtao polished it for many years, and the two medical experts joined forces.

In 2011, he won the Pulitzer Prize, known as the "Nobel Prize of Journalism".

Douban score 9.1, more than 10000+ comments, Douban medicine is popular.

Recommended by dozens of media including Time Magazine, The New Yorker, and The Economist.

Bill Gates, Han Qide, Yin Ye, Ma Xiangtao, Li Zhizhong (pineapple), Bo Shining, etc., praise and recommend!

Wenjin Award recommended book, this book was adapted into 3 episodes of 6-hour documentary broadcast by PBS.

Superb narrative and expertise, history, reality fusion.

Vivid characters and events are full of humanistic care.

Classic texts of nonfiction writing.

Recommended books for medical majors, but also for ordinary readers.

What is cancer?

Cancer is the uncontrolled, deformed and crazy pathological growth and mutation of cells. It keeps duplicating and devouring human life, so as to achieve the purpose of immortality. Cancer is not a certain disease, but a general term for a whole family of diseases.

Why do people get cancer?

Because of a genetic mutation. The gene mutation carcinogenic theory is the first convincing and comprehensive carcinogenic theory in the history of cancer research. When cells divide, a certain number of gene mutations will occur. Gene mutations can cause cancer in some cells, and uncontrolled growth and mutation of cancer cells may cause cancer.

Can humans beat cancer?

From the current point of view, it cannot be completely defeated. Cancer does not invade from the outside, but launches a mutation attack from the gene level inside life. What cancer medicine intervenes is the code of human life - the genome, which means that human beings may not be able to separate cancer from their own bodies at all.

How to treat and deal with cancer correctly?

The birth of advanced medical methods and drugs such as targeted drugs, gene therapy, and immunotherapy has led to a steady decline in the death rate of cancer. If we can prevent the death caused by cancer before people age in the future, preventive measures such as cancer screening will be placed in the As important as cancer treatment, turning cancer into a chronic disease may be a good way for life and cancer to coexist harmoniously.

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Wonderful recommendation:

(Cancer) is an insidious disease that continues to plague medicine despite therapeutic breakthroughs. "Cancer Biography" is an elegant exploration of the long history of cancer, combining clinical diagnosis and personal experience.

——Comment on the 2011 Pulitzer Prize

Mukherjee's timely and important medical work is admirably objective and evocative.

——Time Magazine

It is hard to imagine how many books can describe a certain field of modern science and technology in such a wise, easy-to-understand and empathetic way for ordinary readers. "Cancer Biography" is a remarkable achievement.

——The New Yorker

With the insight and patience of a scientist, Mukherjee weaves those isolated clues into a coherent story that is fascinating.

--"Economist"

I loved Mukherjee's 2015 TED Talk and his wonderful book on cancer, "A Biography of Cancer," which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011. That a doctor who can write in his spare time and win a Pulitzer must really piss off a full-time writer!

—Bill Gates (Co-Founder of Microsoft)

This book tells the history of human beings fighting against cancer for more than a hundred years, as well as the courage, tenacity, wisdom, tolerance and kindness demonstrated in the process, so that readers can deeply understand cancer, understand the preciousness and meaning of life better, and experience medical science. temperature.

The author of this book is a cancer doctor and a master storyteller. He can not only maintain academic rigor, but also combine his own experience to express the complex medical principles clearly and fascinatingly through vivid and interesting stories.

This book combines history with reality, medicine with society, disease with human nature, and internal history with external history. It is a medical history work that I like very much.

——Han Qide (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology)

"Cancer Biography" is not only the giant white tower that I pray for in my heart, but also my life insights from more than 20 years of medical practice. May this work bring some comfort to the patients suffering from illness, and may the invisible sun in our hearts continue to shine bright light of life.

——Ma Xiangtao (Doctor of Medicine, Peking University)

There are no sudden tumors, only cancers that are discovered suddenly.

If there is only one cancer-related work to recommend, I would recommend this "Cancer Biography: The King of All Diseases" without hesitation.

The author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, is, yes, the same name as Buddha, an Indian-American doctor and writer. It took him 6 years to complete this excellent work imbued with rich humanistic color. Cancer is not an easy topic to talk about, or it is too heavy, and it is inevitable to fall into an obscure profession. However, this work tells the history of thousands of years of struggle between human beings and cancer, and tells the story of the world in the tortuous development process of science and technology. , at many key leap points, let a group of mortals who stepped forward come to life on the paper-making readers gradually develop a sense of transcendence beyond life and death in the compassionate empathy.

Today, surgical technology and radiotherapy technology have made rapid progress, and a series of new technologies such as targeted drugs, immunotherapy, and gene therapy are also rapidly popularizing. More and more cancer types have a five-year survival rate of more than 90% or even Higher... Cancer is no longer the king of all diseases in many countries. What is even more gratifying is that more and more people understand the truth of cancer: human beings cannot get rid of tumors after all because of the increase in life expectancy, but whether it is early intervention or late maintenance of high-quality survival with tumors will be more wise and actual choice.

From a higher perspective, human beings should be more in awe of nature, cherish the environment, and love the same kind and family. The real "cancer" is precisely the ignorance and arrogance that stay in our consciousness. As far as the earth is concerned, aren't we more like "cancer cells"?

——Yin Ye (CEO of Huada Group)

A biography about cancer combines history, medical accuracy, and ups and downs in biographical literature; it is also a history of human beings fighting and living with cancer, with setbacks and successes, as well as (excessive) optimism and pessimism.

——Su Jingjing (Associate Professor, School of Medical Humanities, Peking University)

Many people talk about the color change of cancer, "Cancer Biography" is an objective, interesting and warm popular science work on cancer. It perfectly integrates professional knowledge, historical culture and exquisite narration, which not only popularizes knowledge, but also helps readers establish a correct and objective understanding.

——Li Zhizhong (Pineapple) (Cancer Popular Science Writer)

This book does not avoid the dark side in the history of cancer research and treatment, but objectively states all kinds of mistakes and even crimes committed in the history of anti-cancer for more than a hundred years. Many common problems are still repeated today. Readers can use this book to reflect on the misunderstandings of current cancer care and prevention.

——Bo Shining (Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, author of "China's Good Book" and "Bo Shining's Lectures on General Medical Sciences" in 2019)