Cancer crossings : a brother, his doctors, and the quest for the cure to childhood leukemia /

Wendel, Tim,

Cancer crossings : a brother, his doctors, and the quest for the cure to childhood leukemia / Tim Wendel. - Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource. - The culture and politics of health care work .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cancer Crossings; Foreword; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; Acknowledgments; Notes; Further Readings

When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a ""Cancer Moonshot,"" this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research.The...



9781501711046

2017035540


Wendel, Eric Gordon, 1962-1973.
Wendel, Tim.


Roswell Park Cancer Institute.


Leukemia in children--Patients--New York (State)--Olcott--Biography.
Lymphoblastic leukemia in children.


Electronic Books.

RJ416 / .C363 2018