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Very, very thorough. Perhaps too thorough. It obviously wasn't the intention but I can't help but feel dejected about cancer and finding a cure after listening to this.

lactomar's review against another edition

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4.0

Overall an interesting read, and a complete history of the Oncology field. Fit really well with my education at the time. I especially enjoy the parts where he focused on the epidemiology history, very interesting and applicable to the EBM craze that is medicine these days. Otherwise, his style was a little sensational and made some of the issues he discussed overly simplified and biased. Still a worthwhile read.

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4.0

Starts strong with a very interesting history of cancer from the ancient times to the present. Then? It gets stuck. The middle portions are overly detailed and lacks the narrative that the first third did. It changes stream from a biography of cancer to an overly detailed analysis of every study ever done on cancer. There, it meanders until he hits his stride again at the end with a strong conclusory chapter. Very good information a around though.

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informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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5.0

Man oh man. One of the most interesting books I’ve ever read. There isn’t a one of us who haven’t been in the immediate orbit of cancer at some point in our lives. Be it friends, relatives, ourselves. This look at the history of cancer from antiquity to present day was exquisitely told. Equal parts fascinating and sobering. I feel like I learned so much, and if there’s one group that should have statues built of them, it’s not athletes, but these cancer researchers.

5/5, superb book, a must read if you’re even remotely interested in this topic. Couldn’t put it down.

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5.0

Comprehensive and compelling, biography and history of our relationship with and treatment of cancer.

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