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For?the?first time since a 5th century Greek physician gave?the?name ?cancer? (karkinos, in Greek) to a deadly disease first described in Egyptian Papyri,?the?medical world is near a?breakthrough that could allow even?the?most conservative doctors and pragmatic patients to use?the other??c word? ? cure ? in?the?same sentence as cancer. A remarkable series?of?events has brought us to this point, thanks in large part to a new ability to more efficiently harness?the?extraordinary power?of?the?human immune.The?End?of?the?Beginning?is a remarkable history?of?cancer treatment and?the?evolution?of?our understanding?of?its dynamic interplay with?the?immune system. Through Michael Kinch?s personal experience as a cancer researcher at Washington University and?the?head?of?the?oncology program at a leading biotechnology company, we witness?the?incredible accumulation?of?breakthrough science and its rapid translation into life-saving technologies that have begun to dramatically increase?the?quality and quantity?of?life for cancer patients.?Expanding upon Kinch?s own remarkable projects to encompass the?vaccines being deployed to eliminate cervical cancer,?the?development?of?cancer-specific ?smart bombs? in?the form?of? monoclonal antibodies, cellular?therapies, and checkpoint inhibitors?The End of the Beginning reveals the?incredible transformation?of?cancer treatment happening today. Kinch details?the?remarkable history?of?people, science, technology and disease and presents thrilling next-generation technologies that hold?the?promise to eliminate cancer for some, and perhaps ultimately, for all.
