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Author Raza, Azra, author.

Title The first cell : and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last / Azra Raza.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZ    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZ    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Materials  616.994 RAZA    Lost and Paid
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  616.994 RAZ    Missing
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.994 RAZA    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.
Contents Prologue : cancer and its discontents -- Introduction : from last to first -- Omar : the nobleness of life is to do thus -- Per : sandpiles and cancer -- Lady N : a loaded gun -- Kitty C : what wound did ever heal but by degrees? -- JC : one touch of nature makes the whole world kin -- Andrew : was honesty a choice? -- Harvey : death stared him in the face, and he stared right back -- Aftermath : give sorrow words -- Epilogue : the dawn has already arrived.
Summary A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis)treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must.
Subject Cancer -- Prevention.
Cancer -- Popular works.
MEDICAL / Chemotherapy.
Cancer. (OCoLC)fst00845317
Cancer -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00845452
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Anecdotes.
Personal Narrative. (DNLM)D062210
Other Form: Online version: Raza, Azra, author. First cell New York : Basic Books, 2019 9781541699502 (DLC) 2019018259
ISBN 9781541699526 (hardcover)
1541699521 (hardcover)
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