One in Three

Here is the exciting, encouraging and positive story of science's progress in changing cancer from what we die from to what we live with. Part memoir, part science, One in Three is the story of the author's father and ultimately the death of an old man, interweaved with the history of the discovery of cancer, its treatment and - increasingly now - its prevention. One-third of us will contract cancer, and One in Three is a personal and authoritative book which will help everyone to...
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Here is the exciting, encouraging and positive story of science's progress in changing cancer from what we die from to what we live with. Part memoir, part science, One in Three is the story of the author's father and ultimately the death of an old man, interweaved with the history of the discovery of cancer, its treatment and - increasingly now - its prevention. One-third of us will contract cancer, and One in Three is a personal and authoritative book which will help everyone to understand it without blind terror.