Immunopatient: The New Frontier of Curing Cancer [Hardcover]

When an X-ray of a sore arm quickly leads to a diagnosis of Stage IV kidney cancer—one which would soon affect his bones, his lungs, lymph nodes, and brain—Peter Rooney’s life will never be the same. Faced with the prognosis of an incurable disease and armed only with the will to fight back, Immunopatient chronicles Peter’s desperate quest for hope and healing, and the experimental treatment that will give him a chance to strike back at his disease.

Detailing both the medical breakthroughs that provided Peter with cutting-edge treatment and his inspirational quest to conquer both his fear and his illness through mindfulness and positive visualization, Immunopatient is a gripping memoir, one that offers new hope to cancer patients everywhere to never give up looking for answers. Peter’s story, both humble and human, showcases the heights of medical science and the depths of human endurance, proving that anything is possible as long as you keep moving forward. Immunopatient guides the reader through the new world of cancer immunotherapy... Anyone seeking to better understand immunotherapy will find this book to be compelling reading and a valuable roadmap. —Gordon Freeman, PhD, immunology researcher, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Immunopatient provides the reader with hope, inspiration, and a fact-based overview of the field of cancer immunotherapy. —James Mier, MD, Director of Laboratory Research, Biologics Therapy Program, Beth Israel-Deaconness Medical Center; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

In the cancer community we become family, confidantes, and co-conspirators against this disease that has us or our loved ones in its grasp. Imlc.