Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors, And The Quest For A Cure To Childhood Leukemia
by Tim Wendel /
2018 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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.
