Cancer Crossings A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia |
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| Author:
| Wendel, Tim |
| Foreword by:
| Brecher, Martin |
| Series title: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-1103-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Imprint: | ILR Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research.The author's daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this...
When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research.The author's daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this...