Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease

by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

Book Overview

In the 1950s, ninety-five percent of patients with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of lymph tissue which afflicts young adults, died. Today most are cured, due mainly to the efforts of Dr. Henry Kaplan. Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease explores the life of this multifaceted, internationally known radiation oncologist, called a "saint" by some, a "malignant son of a bitch" by others. Kaplan's passion to cure cancer dominated his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804768668
• ISBN13: 9780804768665
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Stanford General Books
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"