Mukherjee, Siddhartha The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee . - 1st Scribner trade paperback ed. . - London : Forth Estate, 2011 xviii, 573, [12] p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. MRP book by Sunetra Mitra "Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war. ISBN 9781439107959 : 9781439170915 (pbk.) : 9781439181713 (ebook) : * Cancer - History. * Leukemia - History.