The Devil On The Run: The Strange Case of a Contagious Tumor, an Endangered Animal, and a Radical New Strategy Against Cancer

From bestselling author David Quammen, a fascinating scientific detective story about how a transmissible cancer first discovered in Tasmanian devils is connected to the discovery that cancer in humans can be treated as a chronic illness, not a fatal one-a radically new approach that promises not only survival but a better quality of life.

In Devil on the Run David Quammen introduces us to the revolutionary new field of evolutionary oncology, which reframes cancer as an evolutionary process,...