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The Cancer Treatment Revolution: How Smart Drugs and Other New Therapies are Renewing Our Hope and Changing the Face of Medicine

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The reader is left with the feeling that just around the corner specific cancer killing drugs will be available (as opposed to the current drugs which kill all cells in sight...(which is why patients become gravely ill from "chemo" treatments). The problem is, of course, how far is the corner..10 years, 20, more?

Still,it is worth reading and gives hope where there may only have been despair...

Very clearly written, warm hearted. To me the title suggested a more comprehensive coverage than there is. There is a very good introductory chapter and then 3 individual cases as examples of the medical progress. An excellent start on the subject.

The author is the (now retired) head of the Dana Farber Cancer Instutute and he's currently a Professor at Harvard Medical School. This certainly sets the book apart from the vast sea of popular Health and Medicine books written by people who only know how to write popular books and never published anything subject to peer review. This is a great read!

I read the book not having cancer myself, so I was mostly interested in getting a feel for the flavor of the science behind future and current cancer treatment. This book was great for that. The fight against cancers is extremely interesting scientifically.

If you actually have cancer, then I would recommend reading this for reliable information because the author is at the top of his field.

Cheery, self congraulatory, anecdotal and upbeat but ultimately disappointing. We've been promised that a cure for cancer was on the horizon for the last 50 years. In spite of its hopeful title, this is more of the same. Yes, some cancers can be treated that were once untreatable but more children and adults than ever are getting cancer and dying from it.