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5.0 out of 5 stars
An extraordinary history book, sadly, still valid today,
This review is from: The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture (Paperback)
This extraordinary book traces the history of cancer as a disease and cultural phenomenon through the mid-1980s. Perhaps its most horrifying message is how little has changed since then, that is, how cancer prevention rarely prevention and cancer therapy rarely cures but only prolongs the euphemistic "progression-free disease." Worth reading for any one interested in the history of medicine, the totemic nature of our continuing belief in mythic cures, and our slow and far-from-steady progress in health management.
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The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture by James T. Patterson (Paperback - January 1, 1989)
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