Free Acceess to Read The End of the Beginning: Cancer, Immunity, and the Future of a Cure
by Michael Kinch
Overview :
For?the?first time since a 5th century Greek physician gave?the?name ?cancer? (karkinos, in Greek) to a deadly disease first described in Egyptian Papyri,?the?medical world is near a?breakthrough that could allow even?the?most conservative doctors and pragmatic patients to use?the other??c word? ? cure ? in?the?same sentence as cancer. A remarkable series?of?events has brought us to this point, thanks in large part to a new ability to more efficiently harness?the?extraordinary power?of?the?human immune.The?End?of?the?Beginning?is a remarkable history?of?cancer treatment and?the?evolution?of?our understanding?of?its dynamic interplay with?the?immune system. Through Michael Kinch?s personal experience as a cancer researcher at Washington University and?the?head?of?the?oncology program at a leading biotechnology company, we witness?the?incredible accumulation?of?breakthrough science and its rapid translation into life-saving technologies that have begun to dramatically
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