Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1 Morbid Appearances 11
6. 2 Arrogant Ancestors 20
7. 3 Diagnosing Hodgkin’s Disease 23
8. 4 Growing Up Brilliant 28
9. 5 Roentgen’s Rays 42
10. 6 A Spartan Existence 49
11. 7 The Courtship of Leah Lebeson 58
12. 8 Headway with Hodgkin’s Disease 66
13. 9 The Fledgling Investigator 71
14. 10 The Unlikely Aftermath of Mustard Gas 80
15. 11 The Stanford Wooing 86
16. 12 The Outsider 92
17. 13 Vera Peters: Daring to Cure Hodgkin’s Disease 103
18. 14 The Cancer-Killing Cannon 111
19. 15 Moving to the Farm 122
20. 16 Saul Rosenberg: A Promising Young Oncologist 137
21. 17 The L-1 Protocol: Christine Pendleton and Douglas Eads 145
22. 18 The L-2 Protocol: Petra Ekstrand and Joey Radicchi 151
23. 19 International Cooperation 159
24. 20 A Famous Father 168
25. 21 The Single-Minded Focus of Vince DeVita 179
26. 22 A Walking Textbook of Radiation Morbidity 191
27. 23 Living Autopsies 196
28. 24 Protégés 205
29. 25 Intellectual Playmates 211
30. 26 Peace Now! 222
31. 27 Mary Lasker’s Moon Shot for Cancer 228
32. 28 A Cancer-Causing Virus 238
33. 29 The Ann Arbor Conference 248
34. 30 Bookends 257
35. 31 The Cancer Center Debacle 261
36. 32 Deadly Complications 274
37. 33 High-Dose DeVita 280
38. 34 The S-5 Protocol: Chris Jenkins 284
39. 35 Inconsolable 294
40. 36 Without a Spleen 299
41. 37 Kaplan’s Moby Dick 308
42. 38 The Elusive Human Tumor Virus 314
43. 39 The Quiet Conviction 326
44. 40 The Boy in the Bubble 347
45. 41 The C-1 Protocol: Wendy Podwalny 354
46. 42 The Quest for the Magic Bullet 364
47. 43 The Death of a Difficult Woman 371
48. 44 Felled 376
49. 45 Dying Adagio 385
50. Epilogue 397
51. Source Notes 399
52. Bibliography 421
53. Index 431