Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D. is a professor of medicine, epidemiology, and public health at the Yale School of Medicine. He was the director of the National Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Program from 1980 to 1988. In 1988 he joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the physician in chief. In 1993 he became the director of the Yale Cancer Center. At the NCI, he developed a cure for Hodgkin's lymphoma with combination chemotherapy, proving that advanced cancers can be cured by drugs. He is a former president of the American Cancer Society and the coeditor of Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, a textbook of cancer medicine.
Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn has written about medicine, science, and psychology for many publications. She is the author of The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss. She lives in New York City with her husband, the writer Paul Raeburn, and their two sons.
"For the past half century, [DeVita] has been at the forefront of
the fight against one of the world's most feared diseases, and in
The Death of Cancer he has written an extraordinary chronicle . . .
his conclusions are deeply unsettling. . . DeVita's portrait of the
way things were gives us a glimpse at what the future may look
like." --Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker"A surprising and riveting
story." --Chicago Tribune"In The Death of Cancer, Dr. DeVita (with
his daughter Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn) paints a portrait of a
cancer industrial complex desperately in need of an overhaul,
hampered by petty politics and power mongering, among much else . .
. Powerful . . . There is no mistaking the value of the core idea
he wants to convey: that doctors and researchers commit themselves
anew to doing everything possible to help the patient." --The Wall
Street Journal"An authoritative review of the history of surgery
and radiation therapy . . . Ultimately, DeVita ably shows that the
development of oncology as a modern specialty is a very human
story." --The New York Times Book Review"This riveting, beautifully
written, and poignant memoir takes us on an enormous journey--from
cancer's past to its future. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. brings us behind
the scenes to the invention of breakthrough therapies for some
forms of cancer in the 1960s and '70s. He also provides a
much-needed manifesto for the future." --SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies"An
utterly absorbing memoir, fierce and frank . . . [T]he average
reader will come away from the book with a superb basic education
in all things oncological, from events on the cellular level to
those in the rooms where research agendas are settled and checks
are written." --The New York Times"If ever a book about cancer
could offer hope for the future, it's this one." --New York
Post"[Dr. DeVita is] an eminent oncologist...[who]...became adept
not only in cancer medicine but in cancer politics...DeVita rightly
argues we are now at a much better place than we were in past
decades." --The New York Review of Books"In this engaging,
provocative, and deeply personal book, Vincent DeVita and Elizabeth
DeVita- Raeburn provide a compelling insider's guideinto the
personalities, organizations, and key protagonists that provided
the backdrop and impetus for the unprecedented campaign known as
the war on cancer. . . The Death of Cancer presents a candid and
disarming critique of the ways in which medicine, and specifically
oncology, is regulated in the United States." --Science
Magazine"Great scientists are not always great writers, but this
book is welcome exception, being well-crafted, compelling,
transparent, and overall, optimistic." --Lancet Oncology"A
fascinating memoir ... Siddhartha Mukherjee called his Pulitzer
Prize winning "The Emperor of All Maladies'' a "biography" of the
disease. "The Death of Cancer'' is its obituary. We're at "the
beginning of the end," DeVita declares of the war on cancer." --The
Boston Globe"The Death of Cancer is an astonishingly good read.
Written by a cancer expert who happens to be a cancer survivor as
well, it deftly explains the treatments that have turned this
insidious disease from a death sentence into a manageable chronic
condition for millions of people--and what yet remains to be done.
I devoured the book in two sittings, struck, page after page, by
its insight, honesty, compassion, and plain common sense." --DAVID
M. OSHINSKY, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Polio: An American
Story"The Death of Cancer is a fascinating insider history of the
long battle against one of the world's most feared diseases, told
with both insight and frustration, and ultimately with hope. This
collaboration between the former National Cancer Institute director
Vincent T. DeVita Jr. and his talented science writer daughter,
Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, results in a wonderfully human portrait
of the scientists who join the fight and a wonderfully smart look
at the ways we might actually win it." --DEBORAH BLUM, New York
Times-bestselling author of The Poisoner's Handbook"Superb science
writing . . . One of the most absorbing and empowering science
histories to hit the shelves in recent years." --Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)"DeVita blends crisp writing and a gift for
explaining complicated scientific concepts clearly with deep
knowledge, passion, and wit. The book is by turns entertaining and
maddening, but always fascinating. Highly recommended" --Library
Journal (starred review)"DeVita, an oncologist and professor at
Yale School of Medicine, collaborates with his daughter
DeVita-Raeburn on this engaging, informative, and inspiring history
of DeVita's prominent role in developing innovative cancer
treatments . . . They also unveil some startling insights [and]
offer salient advice . . . This remarkable memoir doesn't just urge
the public to have hope: it showcases the exciting evidence that we
may finally be winning the war on cancer."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[A] straight-talking,
optimistic memoir."
--Booklist"An extraordinary book and an extraordinary story"
--Cancer Letter
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