

The End of the Beginning
Author: Michael Kinch
Narrator: Mel Foster
Unabridged: 14 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 05/20/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Oncology, Nursing
Author: Michael Kinch
Narrator: Mel Foster
Unabridged: 14 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 05/20/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Oncology, Nursing
Michael Kinch is a professor and vice chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of A Prescription for Change. Previously, he was a professor at Purdue University and a founder of the oncology program at the biotechnology company MedImmune.
Mel Foster is a former ad agency executive who used to record test tracks for commercials. An audiobook narrator since 2002, he won an Audie Award for Philip Yancey's Finding God in Unexpected Places and an Earphones Award for Bob Mitchell's Match Made in Heaven. He is the author of several novels, including Shaking Hands with Lefkowitz, and he hopes listeners will hear him read his own work someday.
A good primer on the development of immuno-oncology, but muddied by numerous long-winded historical asides and lack of thematic progression between chapters. A glossary and immunology schematics would have been helpful; also some editorial presence to eliminate typos and run-on sentences.......more
Very interesting review of the most recent studies in cancer cure and well researched compiled history of the disease. Some parts could be tightened up but it's probably aimed at those who are not well-versed in the subject.......more
I enjoyed this history of cancer immunotherapy- some sections could be tightened up, but overall an interesting, well-written book.......more
Lots of good info and very interesting but the large number of things that should have been noticed during editing tended to disrupt the flow.......more