A doctor's riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer
David Scadden is the Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is a hematologist/oncologist and Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Mass. General Hospital. He co-founded the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and is Chair of the Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. On a team of journalists from Newsday, Michael D'Antonio won the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York.
Advanced Praise for Cancerland As co-founder of the
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Scadden is partly responsible for
numerous medical breakthroughs through bone marrow stem cell
research. He reminds readers that those dismal days of scant hope
are gone and that the promise of modern technology and radical
curative immunotherapies (including those he continues to develop)
is making cancer a disease that changes people's lives, but [is]
something they can speak of in past tense....Illuminating reading
on the legacy of a cancer authority. --Kirkus In
Cancerland, he expertly combines his personal stories of
treating patients with the history of cancer treatments. A thorough
examination of the history and advancements made in treating cancer
patients by a physician and researcher. --Shelf Awareness A
leading immunologist and oncologist, Scadden examines the disease's
recent history through interconnected lenses... Scadden's own
eventful life in the lab (not least, his co-founding of the Harvard
Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a highlight.
--Nature In Cancerland, Dr. Scadden brilliantly unravels
the position cancer occupies in our collective history and
consciousness with intimacy and candor. He notes our collective
debt to the scientists who laid the groundwork for the remarkable
advances we will see to fruition in our lifetime. And he reminds us
that medical science is truly a labor of love, done in service of
society, and that the advances of science are truly worthy of not
only our investment but our awe. Cancerland depicts
medicinal science as it truly is: humbling, heart-breaking, complex
and inspiring. --Rana Awdish, author of In Shock Trying to
understand the scientific underpinnings of cancer and the
mysterious ways in which various cancers arise and spread is
daunting. Stopping cancer in its tracks and curing it is an even
more formidable task. Dr. David Scadden, a gifted physician
scientist, has penned (with Michael D'Antonio) a dazzling and
optimistic medical memoir that describes his personal life-long
journey to use his scientific knowledge to combat one of the most
complex diseases ever known and serve humanity. Scadden writes with
humility, compassion and a sense of unbridled duty. Read this book
and you will feel your heart expand and your spirit soar.
--Sanjiv Chopra, author of The Big Five
"Cancerland is a gripping memoir that will appeal to aspiring
physicians and scientists, people touched by cancer, and anyone
curious about biomedical research and its unprecedented opportunity
to enhance human health." --Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, former Dean of
Harvard Medical School, Caroline Shields Walker Professor of
Medicine Scadden's beautifully-written Cancerland takes us
through the uncertainty, the pain and heartache, and the triumph of
caring for cancer patients. He also shows us the hard work, the
frustrations, and the joys of searching for a cure for cancer. This
book will give you hope." --Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Levy
University Professor, Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton
School
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