![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps less well-known is that she is a sensitive and passionate writer as well. ![]() "Azra Raza is famed as a titan in the field of oncology. Like When Breath Becomes Air, The First Cell is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again, The First Cell explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. In The First Cell, Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. Kindly RSVP by e-mailing Barrett Bookstore at can be directed to 20 This event will be held at the home of Evan and Jim Clark Raza for what is sure to be an engaging and eye-opening conversation about the current landscape of cancer research, including prevention, early detection, and treatment. Raza will discuss her revolutionary, life-saving research and groundbreaking book, The First Cell and the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. Azra Raza, Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS (Myelodisplastic Syndromes) Center at Columbia University. You are invited to join Darien residents Evan and Jim Clark at their home on Sunday, June 27 to meet Dr. ![]()
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