{"product_id":"making-cancer-history-james-s-olson-9780801890567","title":"Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center vividly reveals how cancer treatment in America--and our attitudes toward the disease--has changed since the middle of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the preeminent cancer centers in the world, M. D. Anderson is also one of the first medical institutions devoted exclusively to caring for people with cancer and researching treatments and cures for the disease. Historian James S. Olson's narrative relates the story of the center's founding and of the surgeons, radiologists, radiotherapists, nurses, medical oncologists, scientists, administrators, and patients who built M. D. Anderson into the world-class institution it is today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough interviews with M. D. Anderson's leaders and patients, Olson brings to life the struggle to understand and treat cancer in America. A cancer survivor who has himself been treated at the center, Olson imbues this history with humor, passion, and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James S. Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080189056X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801890567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 86","brand":"James S. Olson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448954171647,"sku":"9780801890567","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e89bb77-3330-4b31-a209-8ddbf0500dd9.jpg?v=1777261329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-cancer-history-james-s-olson-9780801890567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}