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The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery

George Johnson

An exploration of the history and recent advances of cancer research that will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease.

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · medium confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthKeyword Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthTopic Classifier: Disease, Epidemics & Drugs -> Medicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & DrugsMedicine, Health & the BodyPublic Health SystemsTravel, Exploration & Place

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2014ShortlistSecondary source
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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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