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Early Detection (Audiobook)
“An engaging, informative, and hugely important work that will save lives.”
—Ken Burns“Powerful and essential … an exciting - and often personal - scientific saga.”
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, author, The Emperor of All Maladies“Deeply personal, insightful and well-reported.”
—Katie Couric, journalist and author of Going There“A lucid, persuasive case for overhauling diagnosis regimes to catch cancer early rather than late.”
—Kirkus Reviewsabout the bookabout
Catching cancer early remains the single best way to combat a disease that is the second-leading killer in both the US and worldwide. But the vast majority of resources in the fight against cancer are devoted to relatively ineffective late stage treatments. Early Detection examines this important anomaly in an accessible and expertly researched survey.
In a co-authorship that brings together the passion and urgency of someone touched deeply by the experience of cancer with the knowledge of a skilled science writer, Ratner and Bonislawski narrate compelling case studies across a range of screening programs and different forms of cancer. They look at the science underpinning early detection and discuss the organizational and social challenges of widespread screening, a dimension that has been shown to be especially important in the COVID-19 pandemic. And they call for the government and the medical establishment to provide resources for expanding screening, especially in economically disadvantaged communities that have traditionally been underserved.
“Drawing on success stories with cervical, lung, prostate, and colon cancer, [Ratner and Bonislawski] provide clear examples of effective screening programs . . . that have reduced not only overall cancer mortality but also healthcare disparities. A wonderful voice of optimism, balanced caution, and a path forward.”
—Jose G. Guillem, MD
“My mother died from breast cancer when I was 11 and there is not a day that I don’t wish we had detected it sooner. This book is an engaging, informative and hugely important work that will save lives, especially if policy makers take up the authors’ plea to fund more early detection testing.”
—Ken Burns, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
“Provides an important look into testing and treatment disparities that exist in cancer care, and thoughtful guidance about how to mitigate these inequities. Expanding access is in everyone’s best interest as it has the potential to increase the chance of survival while lowering the cost of care.”
—Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“This clear and thoughtful book is a critical step in the fight against cancer. The authors understand our medical system and have proposed comprehensive policies that will save thousands of lives and help eliminate the detection and treatment disparities that we need to end.”
—Richard I. Beattie, Esq former Chairman of the Board, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Related Interest
Early Detection (Audiobook)
“An engaging, informative, and hugely important work that will save lives.”
—Ken Burns“Powerful and essential … an exciting - and often personal - scientific saga.”
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, author, The Emperor of All Maladies“Deeply personal, insightful and well-reported.”
—Katie Couric, journalist and author of Going There“A lucid, persuasive case for overhauling diagnosis regimes to catch cancer early rather than late.”
—Kirkus Reviewsabout the bookabout
Catching cancer early remains the single best way to combat a disease that is the second-leading killer in both the US and worldwide. But the vast majority of resources in the fight against cancer are devoted to relatively ineffective late stage treatments. Early Detection examines this important anomaly in an accessible and expertly researched survey.
In a co-authorship that brings together the passion and urgency of someone touched deeply by the experience of cancer with the knowledge of a skilled science writer, Ratner and Bonislawski narrate compelling case studies across a range of screening programs and different forms of cancer. They look at the science underpinning early detection and discuss the organizational and social challenges of widespread screening, a dimension that has been shown to be especially important in the COVID-19 pandemic. And they call for the government and the medical establishment to provide resources for expanding screening, especially in economically disadvantaged communities that have traditionally been underserved.
“Drawing on success stories with cervical, lung, prostate, and colon cancer, [Ratner and Bonislawski] provide clear examples of effective screening programs . . . that have reduced not only overall cancer mortality but also healthcare disparities. A wonderful voice of optimism, balanced caution, and a path forward.”
—Jose G. Guillem, MD
“My mother died from breast cancer when I was 11 and there is not a day that I don’t wish we had detected it sooner. This book is an engaging, informative and hugely important work that will save lives, especially if policy makers take up the authors’ plea to fund more early detection testing.”
—Ken Burns, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
“Provides an important look into testing and treatment disparities that exist in cancer care, and thoughtful guidance about how to mitigate these inequities. Expanding access is in everyone’s best interest as it has the potential to increase the chance of survival while lowering the cost of care.”
—Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“This clear and thoughtful book is a critical step in the fight against cancer. The authors understand our medical system and have proposed comprehensive policies that will save thousands of lives and help eliminate the detection and treatment disparities that we need to end.”
—Richard I. Beattie, Esq former Chairman of the Board, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
About The Author / Editor
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