About the Book: Breakthrough
For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicines most confounding
mysteries: Why doesnt our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it
does other diseases, like the common cold? As it turns out, the answer to that
question can be traced to a series of tricks that cancer has developed to turn
off normal immune responses-tricks that scientists have only recently discovered
and learned to defeat. The result is what many are calling cancers "penicillin
moment," a revolutionary discovery in our understanding of cancer and how to
beat it. Journalist Charles Graeber expertly traces the fascinating history of
immuno-oncology and guides readers