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When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research.The author's daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this amazing success story. Tim Wendel soon discovered that many of the doctors at the forefront of this effort cared for his brother at Roswell Park in Buffalo, New York. Wendel went in search of this extraordinary group, interviewing Lucius Sinks, James Holland, Donald Pinkel, and others in the field. If there were a Mount Rushmore for cancer research, they would be on it.Despite being ostracized by their medical peers, these doctors developed modern-day chemotherapy practices and invented the blood centrifuge machine, helping thousands of children live longer lives. Part family memoir and part medical narrative, Cancer Crossings explores how the Wendel family found the courage to move ahead with their lives. They learned to sail on Lake Ontario, cruising across miles of open water together, even as the campaign against cancer changed their lives forever.

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 avril 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501711046
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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AvolumeintheseriesTheCultureandPoliticsofHealthCareWorkEditedbySuzanneGordonandSiobanNelson

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Copyright © 2018 by Tim Wendel All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2018 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wendel, Tim, author. Title: Cancer crossings : a brother, his doctors, and the quest for a cure to childhood leukemia / Tim Wendel. Description: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018. | Series: The culture and politics of health care work | Includes bibliographicarleferences. Identiﬁers: LCCN 2017034806 (print) | LCCN 2017035540 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501711046 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501711053 (ret) | ISBN 9781501711039 | ISBN 9781501711039 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Wendel, Eric Gordon, 1962–1973. | Wendel, Tim. | Leukemia in childrenPatientsNew York (State)Olcott Biography. | Lymphoblastic leukemia in children. | Roswell Park CanceIrnstitute. Classiﬁcation: LCC RJ416.L4 (ebook) | LCC RJ416.L4 W46 2018 (print) | DDC 618.92/99419dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017034806 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood ﬁbers. For further information, visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

Formychildren,SarahandChris,and my wife, Jacqueline, for their love and support.

Formyparents,JaneandPeter,who persevered with style and grace.

FormybrotherEricandtheothercourageous people he found at Roswell Park.

And what you are growing, here, and there, and over there, are little moments, and the little moments make your memories, and the memories make a life that can’t be taken away from you by anyone or anything, not other people’s ﬁckleness, not even death. Joshua Ferris, “The Abandonment”

Imademyselfremembereachthinghedid,thewayheturnedhishead, his way of saying things. It was as though I knew it wouldn’t be for long. He was from another worldhe was a blessing too great for me. SebastianFaulks,Birdsong

Toseethemoonsosilvergoingwest,Soladilyserenebecausesodead,Socloselytailedbyherconsortofstars,Sofarabovethefeverish,shiveringNightwatchmanpressedagainstthefallingglass.L. E. Sissman, December 27, 1966

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hen three-year-old Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute W lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, doctors gave his parents the grim verdict that he would survive only a yeareighteen months at best. Despite the persistence of researchers across the nation, medicine had failed to gain a foothold against this deadly and swiftly progressing disease, which had a mortality rate of 96 percent. Cancer Crossingstells the story of the physician-scientists whose bold new approach to clinical research ultimately turned that sta-tistic on its head. Butthereisanothersidetothisstory,onethatisdeeplypersonalfor author Tim Wendel, because Eric Wendel was his younger brother. That perspective adds depth to the book as Wendel weaves together the science behind the ev olution of groundbreaking leu-kemia treatments and his family’s struggle to cope with the uncer-tainty of Eric’s future. Tim Wendel’s skill in writing narrative nonﬁ ction makes Cancer Crossingsa compelling read for laypeople and medical

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professionals alike. The book serves as both a loving tribute to Eric and a salute to the extraordinary physicians who tried to save him.

MartinBrecher,MDFormerChief,Hematology/OncologyDivision,Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo ChairEmeritusofPediatrics,Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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