The Emperor of All Maladies

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011 ''Profound, eloquent and searching'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Essential reading'' INDEPENDENT ''Masterly'' GUARDIAN ''Extraordinary'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Riveting, audacious and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, The Emperor of All Maladies is a masterpiece. The story of cancer is a human one - a tale of chance discoveries, seized opportunities and human endurance. From innovative early surgeries to the Curies'' ultimately tragic work with radiation; from Sidney Farber''s hugely risky discovery of chemotherapy to the author''s treatment of his own patients, The Emperor of All Maladies is a profound and revelatory portrait of an enigmatic disease humans have lived with, and perished from, for more than five thousand years. In this updated edition of Siddhartha Mukherjee''s instant classic, four new chapters reveal what has changed in the universe of cancer in the years since the book was first published. With moving eloquence, he offers an insight into our evolving understanding of cancer''s causes and the emerging, revolutionary new treatments that might shape its future, including those that Mukherjee himself has helped devise. ''This elegantly written overview allows us to look a once whispered-about illness squarely in the eye'' INDEPENDENT ''The notion of "popular science" doesn''t come close to describing this achievement. It is literature'' OBSERVER ...

About the author

Siddhartha Mukherjee M.D., Ph.D., is a cancer physician and researcher. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician at the CU/NYU Presbyterian Hospital. He has published articles in Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Neuron, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, The New York Times, and The New Republic. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter.

Product details

• Authors: Siddhartha Mukherjee, Mukherjee Siddhartha
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 04.12.2025
• EAN: 9780008811105
• ISBN: 978-0-00-881110-5
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Medical research, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Virology, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, Popular medicine & health, History of Medicine, Oncology, Medical profession, Biology, life sciences, Coping with illness & specific conditions, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Biography: science, technology & medicine, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Popular medicine and health, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Medical Diagnosis, MEDICAL / Oncology / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General, Coping with / advice about cancer