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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Cataloged from publisher supplied information.;Spoken audio file.;Duration: ca. 10:41:14 hr.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Performed by David Scadden; Robert Fass.;Originally released by Macmillan Audio. <p><b>From Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, comes <i>Cancerland,</i> an audiobook about</b><b> loss and hope in the world of cancer.</b></p><p>What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread?</p><p>From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden's seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer - his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back.</p><p>Now Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and one of the world's leading experts on immunology and oncology, writes his memoir with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio. With riveting stories and moving compassion, Scadden and D'Antonio paint a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. Ranging from Scadden's personal childhood memories to his triumphs and regrets as a doctor, Scadden illuminates a light at the end of a dark tunnel.</p><p>Through opening a window into the science of medicine in the world of the unknown, Scadden and D'Antonio humanize cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need.<br><b></b><br><b>This program includes an introduction and post-script read by David Scadden.</b></p><p><b>Praise for <i>Cancerland:</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><b><i></i></b>"I n <i>Cancerland</i>, Dr. Scadden brilliantly unravels the position cancer occupies in our collective history and consciousness with intimacy and candor...<i>Cancerland</i> depicts medicinal science as it truly is: humbling, heart-breaking, complex and inspiring." <b>- Rana Awdish, author of <i>In Shock</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><b><i></i></b>"Dr. David Scadden, a gifted physician scientist, has penned (with Michael D'Antonio) a dazzling and optimistic medical memoir that describes his personal life-long journey to use his scientific knowledge to combat one of the most complex diseases ever known and serve humanity. Scadden writes with humility, compassion and a sense of unbridled duty." <b>-</b><b> Sanjiv Chopra </b></p>