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"An elegantly conceived, powerfully written, and far-reaching book that will change the conversation around cancer for decades to come."--Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies

Amazon's Best Science Book of 2019
One of Smithsonian's Top 10 Books of 2019
The New York Times, Books to Watch For in October 2019
Amazon, Top 100 Books of 2019
LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2019
BookRiot, Must-Read Books on Cancer
Starred Review from Publishers' Weekly
Starred Review from Kirkus

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"Raza asks hard questions ... and she hopes to jolt people into looking for a new paradigm in the so-called war on cancer."
―Henry Marsh, The New York Times Book Review

"An incisive critique-cum-memoir"
―Nature

"Raza, a Columbia University professor of medicine and practicing oncologist, offers a passionate account of how humans grapple with the scourge of cancer.... Showing that compassion is just as important for cancer patients as the drugs administered to them, Raza's deeply personal work brings understanding and empathy to the fore in a way that a purely scientific explication never could."
―Publishers Weekly

"With elegant literary references and a compassion that deeply personalizes her interactions with patients and families, [Raza] engages readers in a commitment to finding a better way. Intelligence, empathy, and optimism inform the argument for new research on cancer that could obviate the suffering prevalent today."
―Kirkus

With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience of When Breath Becomes Air, a world-class oncologist examines the current state of cancer and its devastating impact on the individuals it affects -- including herself.

In The First Cell, Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again, The First Cell explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. Like When Breath Becomes Air, The First Cell is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear.