Pandora's DNA: Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree by Lizzie Stark

Pandora's DNA: Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree

Lizzie Stark

336 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science challenging informative medium-paced

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Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a...

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