Name: Everything We Know About Cancer: The Science, the History, and the Hope (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)
SKU: 69221381
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Author: Huynh, Kiet
ISBN: 9798161518540

portada Everything We Know About Cancer: The Science, the History, and the Hope (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)

Everything We Know About Cancer: The Science, the History, and the Hope (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Independently published

Autor

Huynh, Kiet

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

463

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9798161518540

Everything We Know About Cancer: The Science, the History, and the Hope (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)

Huynh, Kiet (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Everything We Know About Cancer: The Science, the History, and the Hope (The Past That Built the Present) (en Inglés)"

What does "poorly differentiated, stage IV, HER2 2+" actually mean, and what can medicine do about it? Every year about 20 million people hear the word cancer. Most of them, and the families sitting beside them, receive reports written in a language no one ever taught them. This book explains that language in plain English. It moves from the single cell that breaks the rules, through four thousand years of medicine, to the treatments and discoveries of 2026, and it measures progress with numbers instead of slogans. Inside, you'll find: How a cancer cell differs from a healthy one, and why a cell that "forgets its job" usually grows faster and spreads sooner. A pathology report read line by line: grade, stage, HER2, PD-L1, and mismatch repair, with the question to ask your doctor at each step. Twelve major cancers, from lung and breast to stomach and liver cancer, which weigh heavily on East and Southeast Asia, with survival by stage. Today's weapons and their honest limits: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted drugs, immunotherapy, and the trial numbers behind each. Lessons from nature: why elephants carry about 20 copies of a key anti-cancer gene, and how a contagious cancer pushed Tasmanian devils from 53,000 to 17,000. More than 250 diagrams, charts, maps, and illustrations. No medical training is needed. This book is for patients, families, students, and anyone who wants to understand the disease instead of fearing it in the dark. Knowing what the words mean will not cure cancer, but it changes every conversation that follows.