Racing to a cure : a cancer victim refuses chemotherapy and finds tomorrow's cures in today's scientific laboratories / Neil Ruzic.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003], ©2003.

xi, 426 pages ; 23 cm

Into the pit -- Watch and learn -- The chemo culture -- Life before cancer -- Our war within -- A half billion for proof -- The language of medicine -- Cancer vaccine -- Premature results -- Co-stimulating T cells -- Do they have to die? -- Alternative magic -- Allies in the quest -- False alarm -- Does prayer work? -- Project indolence -- Cure cancer in ten years -- Think tanks -- Transplants: risk vs. cure -- Pathways to success -- From India with results -- Anti-angiogenesis -- The mystery of splenectomy -- The strep connection -- Patient rage -- The biotherapy revolution -- Detour -- Cure!

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-400) and index.