{
  "id": "siddhartha-mukherjee-the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer-14963",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer",
  "author": [
    {
      "literal": "Barbara C. Canavan"
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science",
  "volume": "5",
  "issue": "1",
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2011,
        9,
        30
      ]
    ]
  },
  "URL": "https://spontaneousgenerations.com/articles/siddhartha-mukherjee-the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer-14963/",
  "page": "103-105",
  "DOI": "10.4245/sponge.v5i1.14963",
  "abstract": "When The Emperor of All Maladies was published in late 2010, I knew it would be near the top of my stack of books to read. Since I am a PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine, reading a notable book on the history of cancer and its treatments is a must. Sadly, at the time of its publication, my mother had just died unexpectedly at age 82 of a disease for which she had never received a prior diagnosis: cancer, or acute myelogenous leukemia, to be exact. From diagnosis to death took a mere six days. So I hesitated to take this in-depth look at cancer, a disease that left my family and me stunned and grieving from such a sudden loss. I reasoned, however, that the approach of the book would be detached and scientific, perhaps similar to the tone of the academic tomes that I tackle each week. I began to read."
}