Reading list:

The Emperor of All Maladies

The Emperor of All Maladies Review in progress.

Every era casts illness in its own image. Society, like the ultimate psychosomatic patient, matches its medical afflictions to its psychological crises; when a disease touch such a visceral chord, it is often because that chord is already resonating.

“All photographs are accurate, but none of them is the truth.” - quoting artist Richard Avedon while commenting on the limits of the mammography

“Scientific uncertainty is no excuse for inaction …” - quoted commentary on compassionate use programs for experimental cancer drugs

“History repeats itself, but chemistry repeats itself more insistently.” - Alex Matter and Nicolas Lydon