This is a good book that carefully weaves science, thoughtful critique, and humanity into a rich narrative.Īlong with her doctor-patient narratives, Dr. Raza travels in rarified circles, as her close friends include Pulitzer Prize–winning physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, and renowned contrarian ethologist Richard Dawkins, plus a Who’s Who of luminaries in the oncology community. Over an elaborate meal, even though his mouth was “a battlefield of raw ulcers, abraded mucosa, and bleeding gums,” he entertained us with “his signature brilliant quips and observations.
As soon as the reader meets Omar, we know he is a graduate of Oxford and Columbia. Raza becomes his confidant, medical advisor, and friend up until his death, described in a heart-rending scene as he dies in bed with his grieving mother. Omar had been diagnosed with a highly malignant osteogenic sarcoma of the left shoulder, and Dr. She leads off with Omar, the 38-year-old son of a dear friend.
Raza’s friends or patients, all of whom died of cancer. Organized in seven chapters plus an aftermath and epilogue, The First Cell is both a scientific and highly personal examination of cancer and its resulting human catastrophes. Title: The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
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