Summary & Study Guide - Cancerland: A Medical Memoir on Cancer and Stem Cell Research

By Lee Tang

Get Up-to-Date on Cancer and Stem Cell Research.

This book is a summary of “Cancerland: A Medical Memoir," by David Scadden, M.D.

Cancer presents a daunting challenge for patients, caregivers, and science. Most people encountering cancer feel like stepping into a foreign land called Cancerland.

The current state of science and medicine offer us many possibilities—radiation therapy, chemotherapy, stem cell therapy, precision surgery, and therapies relying on engineered viruses and immune cells.

The book leads you through the rapidly changing landscape of Cancerland, from the dawn of the biological age in the mid-1950s to the present. By exploring the science of cancer and stem cells, new therapies, and drugs, the author makes Cancerland more habitable and reveals that progress toward a cure is real.

Read this book to improve your understanding of cancer biology.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LMT Press
• Release date: May 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781988970240

Lee Tang

Lee Tang is a retired executive of a major global insurance company. Prior to his retirement, he has worked as an actuary, a risk officer and a chief financial officer for several major insurance organizations in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. To learn more about Lee and his work, visit his website and blog at https://lmtpress.wordpress.com. You can reach him by email at [e-mail].

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Get Up-to-Date on Cancer and Stem Cell Research.

This book is a summary of Cancerland: A Medical Memoir, by David Scadden, M.D.

Cancer presents a daunting challenge for patients, caregivers, and science. Most people encountering cancer feel like stepping into a foreign land called Cancerland.

The current state of science and medicine offer us many possibilities—radiation therapy, chemotherapy, stem cell therapy, precision surgery, and therapies relying on engineered viruses and immune cells.

The book leads you through the rapidly changing landscape of Cancerland, from the dawn of the biological age in the mid-1950s to the present. By exploring the science of cancer and stem cells, new therapies, and drugs, the author makes Cancerland more habitable and reveals that progress toward a cure is real.

Read this book to improve your understanding of cancer biology.

This guide includes:

Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.

Online Videos—cover the concepts in more depth.

Value-added from this guide:

Save time

Understand key concepts

Expand your knowledge

Important Note About This Guide

This guide is a summary and not a critique/review of the book. The summary may not be organized chapter-wise but summarizes the book’s main ideas, viewpoints, and arguments. It is NOT meant to be a replacement, but a supplement to help you understand the book’s key ideas and recommendations.

Title: Summary & Study Guide - Cancerland

Subtitle: A Medical Memoir on Cancer and Stem Cell Research

Author: Lee Tang

Publisher: LMT Press (lmtpress.wordpress.com)

Copyright © 2019 by Lee Tang

All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

First Edition: July 2019

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 9781988970240 (ebook)

ISBN 9781091397613 (paperback)

ISBN 9781987065060 (paperback)

Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and author make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of these contents and disclaim all warranties such as warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. The website addresses in the book were correct at the time going to print. However, the publisher and author are not responsible for the content of third-party websites, which are subject to change.

To my wife, Lillian, who is the source of energy and love for everything I do, and to Andrew and Amanda: watching you grow up has been a privilege.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

1. Dawn of the Biological Age

2. Seeing Cancer

3. Cancerland

4. Chemicals in Conversation

5. Stem Cells and a Renewable You

6. Snuppy the Hound and iPSCs

7. Provoking a Response

8. Gene Hacking

9. From Gory to Glory

Postscript: Science in the Future Tense

Index

About the Author

Introduction

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