The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician and researcher, examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. In The Emperor of All Maladies, he chronicles the disease through its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles fought in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it. He also examines how new technology is allowing us to understand more than we ever imagined possible about this complex disease.