| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 330 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Precocious from the start -- chapter 2. Meeting and getting to know each other -- chapter 3. Lifelong mutual commitment -- chapter 4. Studying abroad -- chapter 5. Memories of studying abroad -- chapter 6. Our research and life together -- chapter 7. A sabbatical year in France -- chapter 8. The Long Island days -- chapter 8. Discovering breast cancer -- chapter 10. Imparting our knowledge as our contribution to Taiwan -- chapter 11. Life after returning to Taiwan -- chapter 12. Cancer recurs -- chapter 13. Beginning a long-term resistance -- chapter 14. Offering oneself as a lab specimen -- chapter 15. High dose chemotherapy -- chapter 16. Autologous bone marrow transplantation -- chapter 17. Reborn in fire, arisen from the ashes -- chapter 18. Cancer strikes once again -- chapter 19. Trying medicine after medicine -- chapter 20. The last stage -- chapter 21. Death summons. |
| Summary |
This is a biography of Dr Felicia Wu. Felicia was a scientist with a successful career in cancer research, but what marked the most extraordinary aspect about her life was her journey as a truly brave cancer patient and an incredibly determined cancer fighter. Originally, this book was intended to be an autobiography written and narrated by Felicia herself. She wanted to share with other cancer sufferers her 13 long years of experience fighting cancer to prepare them for the side effects and uncertainties of the treatment, and also to encourage them to brace and face their own treatment without fear. What she did not realize then was that her time was ticking away, and her life trickling off quickly. Writing her own autobiography proved to be an impossible task. Felicia succumbed to the prolonged battle and departed from this world. Her husband, Dr Cheng-Wen Wu, finished the uncompleted task of writing the book in loving memory of her. The biography of Felicia, originally published in Chinese edition, has been recommended as a reading model for students in schools and was nominated for an award in Taiwan. Felicia's story had also inspired the production of a documentary film entitled, "A Passion for Life", funded and sponsored by The American Cancer Society. This biography of Felicia in English edition, painstakingly translated by Dr Cheng-Wen Wu and his collaborating translator, Ms Annie Chen, will certainly live up to its original premise as an inspiration to touch more lives and as a source of strength to all who encounter difficulty, disappointment and hurt at any point of their lives. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Wu, Felicia Y.-H. (Felicia Ying-hsiueh)
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Wu, Cheng-wen -- Family.
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Wu, Felicia Ying-hsiueh.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Taiwan -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
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Women medical scientists -- Taiwan -- Biography.
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Women medical scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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Breast Neoplasms.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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Cancer -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00845411
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Taiwan. (OCoLC)fst01207854
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Biography.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Liu, Chwan-Wen.
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Chen, Annie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wu, Cheng-wen. Passion for life. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2010 9789812838391 (OCoLC)636891788 |
| ISBN |
9789812838414 (electronic bk.) |
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9812838414 (electronic bk.) |
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