{"product_id":"malignant-9780520276574","title":"Malignant","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCancer can kill: this fact makes it concrete. Still, it's a devious knave. Nearly every American will experience it up-close and all too personally, wondering why the billions of research dollars thrown at the word haven't exterminated it from the English language. This title deals with this cancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.\" -- Barbara Kiser Nature \"A whip-smart read.\" -- Becky Lang Discover \"A dark journey into cancer as it is understood, diagnosed and treated in America today.\" Kirkus \"The book effortlessly combines the author's roles as a first-person participant in cancer diagnosis and an anthropological authority on why we Americans tolerate high rates of cancer.\" http:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/nonfiction\/cancers-poison-gift Public Books \"Malignant is a wonderful book... In this candid and critical analysis, [Jain]... eloquently captures the ambiguity and uncertainty that undergird every aspect of cancer.\" Journal of Anthropological Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: We Just Don't Know It Yet  1. Living in Prognosis: The Firing Squad of Statistics  2. Poker Face: Gaming a Lifespan  3. Cancer Butch: Trip Up the Fast Lane  4. Lost Chance: Medical Mistakes  5. The Mortality Effect: The Future in Cancer Trials  6. Inconceivable: Where IVF Goes Bad  7. Can Sir: What Screening Doesn't Do  8. Fallout: Minuets in the Key of Fear  9. Rubble: Bakelite Bodies  Conclusion: Shameless   Acknowledgments  Notes  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402863386967,"sku":"9780520276574","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/malignant-9780520276574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}