Hindustan Times
Review: Two books on cancer – Rebel Cell by Kat Arney and The First Cell by Azra Raza
The story of cancer is a story about treatment and mutation, hope and despair, life and death. While Arney argues that everything we know about the disease may be wrong, Raza, who lost her husband to cancer, laments the pharma industry’s dogged insistence on surgery, chemo, and radiation therapies
The Wire
Book Review: We’re Fighting Hard Against Cancer, but Are We Fighting Right?
Despite advances in medical science, cancer remains a deadly disease. Some 18.1 million cancer cases were diagnosed globally in 2018; half of these people died. The American Cancer Society has estimated that the world’s cancer burden will soar to 21.7 million new cases and 13 million deaths by 2030.
Dawn
NON-FICTION: CHANGING THE PARADIGM ON CANCER
There is no letter in the English alphabet more alarming than C — C for cancer. It has occupied that spot for a hundred years, though currently upstart Covid-19 has temporarily captured that position. Covid-19 may have brought mighty nations to their knees, paralysed the global economy and broken our social norms but, without doubt, this pandemic — like the bubonic plague or the Spanish flu — will be consigned to the dustbin of history in a very short time.
Not so cancer, as Dr Azra Raza tells it in her revolutionary book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. C for cancer is not quite ready to relinquish its spot at the top.
Dawn
In search of cancer cure, patients are being ignored, says oncologist
LAHORE: We are obsessed with curing cancer but forgetting the patient and this lack of empathy is criminal, says Dr Azra Raza, the professor of Medicine at the Columbia University, oncologist and cancer researcher.
Speaking at the launch of her latest book –The First Cell–by the Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest online, she said the crux of her argument was that we needed to spare more thought and effort for the patient, as well.
The News
ThinkFest online launches book on cancer
LAHORE:“The First Cell”, latest book by Dr Azra Raza, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, was launched by the Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest Online.
Dr Azra Raza was in conversation with the CEO of Shaukat Khanum Hospitals, Dr Aasim Yusuf …
90.5 WESA
Science Authors Key New Speaker Series In Pittsburgh.
Dr. Azra Raza speaks at Science as Story: 7 p.m. Thu., March 12. … It begins Thursday with a talk by Raza, author of the 2019 book “The First Cell: And the …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Reading about science doesn’t have to be boring — these free …
Dr. Azra Raza,. is a physician and author of “The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.” An internationally known authority on …
PGH City Paper
Creative Nonfiction introduces new literary series Science as …
Azra Raza, author of The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, begins the series Thu., March 12 at the Ace Hotel in East Liberty with a …
Noted (New Zealand Listener)
US specialist whose husband died of cancer says we need to …
Even if she hadn’t lost her husband to cancer, oncologist Azra Raza would have been the kind … The First Cell is Raza’s latest attempt to get her message heard …
Scientific American (blog)
The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality
“No one is winning the war on cancer,” Azra Raza, an oncologist at Columbia, asserts in her 2019 book The First Cell: And the Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the …
New Canaan Advertiser
Doctor speaks at New Canaan Library event
… is debuting a Trustees’ Lecture event that will have guest lecturer Dr. Azra Raza, … In her book, “The First Cell,” Raza examines the current state of cancer and its … Dr. Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong professor of medicine and director of the …
CBC.ca
Cancer research is an ’embarrassment,’ must switch focus to early detection: oncologist
… and surgery — what I call the slash, poison, and burn approach,” said Azra Raza. … After five decades as an oncologist, Raza argues that efforts to fight cancer … “A tremendous amount of effort has gone to finding the first cell, to finding the …
Democracy Now
“The First Cell”: Dr. Azra Raza on Why the “Slash-Poison-Burn …
Today we spend the hour with renowned cancer doctor, Dr. Azra Raza, author of the new book, “The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the …
The Wire
When Is It Best to Fight Cancer?
In ‘The First Cell’, Azra Raza argues that it’s far more effective to attack cancer … The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, argues that …
Dawn
His fellow oncologist Dr Azra Raza is a living asset Pakistan lost to America. She is incisive in her approach to medical research and steeped in Urdu poetry. …
Smithsonian
The Ten Best Science Books of 2019
Author Azra Raza, a Columbia University professor of medicine and … In The First Cell, Raza relies on her experience studying cancer in a lab, treating …
Ukiah Daily Journal
Health: Impatient for a cure for cancer
A new book, “The First Cell,” by Azra Raza, MD, captures some of the frustration many of us feel about the slow pace of progress against this dread disease …
CBC.ca
14 books for the science & nature lover on your holiday list
The First Cell is a nonfiction book about cancer by oncologist Azra Raza. … Raza layers science and cultural attitudes toward cancer with her own experience …
Book Riot
8 Great Books about female scientists
This list of books about badass female scientists is sponsored by Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial …
Folks
Fixing Cancer’s Cancer: The High Cost Of Treatment
The field of oncology, asserts Columbia University oncologist Azra Raza, is infected with an “unshakeable hubris.” With so much time and resources funneled into curing cancer …
The Guardian
Oncologist Azra Raza: ‘Don’t give up hope. Don’t give in to despair’
Azra Raza is an oncologist, and professor of medicine and director of the … The First Cell, argues against the current preoccupations of cancer …
The Times
Azra Raza’s mission to spot cancer earlier | Times2
One bright February morning in 1998 Azra Raza found her 57-year-old … And she has written an intensely personal book on the subject, The First Cell, that …
Daily Times
The First Cell is an excellent source of information about the current status of … a well-established Pakistani-American, oncologist and scientist, Dr. Azra Raza, …
Winnipeg Free Press
Current cancer treatment system flawed
Dr. Azra Raza believes cancer research and treatment is on the wrong track. In The First Cell Raza, a professor at Columbia University and oncologist for over …
San Francisco Examiner
Dr. Azra Raza: The oncologist speaks about her book “The First Cell” in which she covers how medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer — and changes that …
TheStranger.com
93 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week …
Azra Raza with LeRoy Hood: The Human Costs of Cancer … of 3QuarksDaily.com, argues that we have “lost the war on cancer” in her new book, The First Cell, …
Sedalia Democrat
Boonslick Regional Library popular books Nov. 9 | Free
“The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last,” by Azra Raza. “Beautiful on the Outside,” by Adam Pippon. “The Way I Heard It: True Tales …
Aljazeera.com
Is it time to change the way we fight cancer?
… little tangible benefit, according to leading American oncologist, Dr Azra Reza. … poison and burn,” as Raza refers to them in her latest book, “The First Cell “.
Scientific American (blog)
Can Lifelong, Invasive Screening Eradicate Cancer?
Azra Raza, an oncologist at Columbia, has watched too many people die from cancer. … She has poured her frustration into a new book, The First Cell: And the …
Nature.com
HG Wells, Disney’s pioneering women and an oncologist’s memoir: Books in brief
Yet as oncologist Azra Raza notes in this incisive critique-cum-memoir, the treatments remain largely the same. Raza wants to see change: eliminating the first …
mediavillage.com
Media’s Under-Coverage of Disease
The essay, by Columbia University professor Azra Raza, Ph.D., was adapted from her book The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, …
Arab News
What We Are Reading Today: The First Cell
The First Cell is a world-class oncologist’s devastating and deeply personal … In The First Cell, Azra Raza, an oncologist at Columbia University, “offers a …
nypost.com
Here’s why we’re losing the war on cancer, according to this …
“I trust only your judgment,” Dr. Preisler told his wife, Dr. Azra Raza, … a disease could be,” writes Raza in her new book, “The First Cell: And the Human Cost of …
Jefferson Public Radio
The Cancer Fight Reconsidered, In “The First Cell”
The Cancer Fight Reconsidered, In “The First Cell” … are gaining any ground in the war against cancer, and Azra Raza is ready to have that debate.
The Diane Rehm Show
Why We’re Treating Cancer Wrong, And How We Can Get It …
For more than three decades, Dr. Azra Raza has cared for cancer patients. … book titled, “The First Cell: And The Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to The Last.” …
The New York Times (blog)
An Oncologist Asks When It’s Time to Say ‘Enough’
Azra Raza, an oncologist at Columbia University, vividly illustrates this tug-of-war in her book “The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the …
Columbia University (press release)
This essay, which appeared in The Wall Street Journal, is adapted from Azra Raza’s new book, The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the …
BloombergQuint
Business Lessons Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Adopted From Books
A mix of oncology and business seems an obvious choice of themes for an entrepreneur who built a bio-pharmaceutical company from scratch.
Wall Street Journal
Cancer Is Still Beating Us—We Need a New Start
I have been studying and treating cancer for 35 years, and here’s what I know about the progress made in that time: There has been far less than it appears.
The New York Times (blog)
18 New Books to Watch For in October
It’s another big month for books. Ronan Farrow’s book — coming on the heels of “She Said,” by the Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — exposes …
Publishers Weekly
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 14, 2019
Azra Raza. Basic, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5416-9952-6. Raza, a Columbia University professor of medicine and practicing oncologist, offers a passionate …
Daily Beast
Fall Books Preview 2019: More ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ and Edward Snowden Too
The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last by Azra … As her husband’s oncologist, Azra Raza offers a profound, personal account of …
Irish Times
Making the most of your last days might involve less treatment
As Dr Azra Raza, director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center at Columbia University, wrote in her forthcoming book, The First Cell, and the Human Costs of …
Publishers Weekly
Combating Cancer: PW Talks with Azra Raza
Combating Cancer: PW Talks with Azra Raza. By Michael … In The First Cell (Basic, Oct.), oncologist Raza discusses a new approach to dealing with cancer.
The New York Times (blog)
Cancer Treatment at the End of Life
… Dr. Azra Raza, director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center at Columbia University, wrote in her forthcoming book “The First Cell, and the Human Costs of …