In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing's Querida Anderson chats with Lawrence Ingrassia about his book A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery (Henry Holt and Co./Macmillan Publishers, May 2024). Ingrassia details his family's battle with numerous cancers, spotlights the pioneers who worked tirelessly to solve the puzzle of genetic mutations, and explores the ongoing advancement in cancer research and development. An edited version of the conversation follows, and you can also watch the full video at the end of this page. A Fatal Inheritance is a memoir and medical detective story about my family and families like mine who question seemingly unrelated cancer diagnoses and about the doctors who solved the medical mystery behind those cancers. The writing process helped me expand my understanding of cancer and cancer treatment improvement. Initially, I didn't plan to write a book. I wanted to learn more about Li-Fraumeni...
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