This book is certainly an important addition to the historiography of cancer, as it treads the fields of both cultural history and the more traditional history of medicine and science. Indeed, this book will be an important addition to historians studying the history of cancer, but it should likewise be of interest to a variety of scholars studying broader topics in medical history, the history of science, or the cultural and social history of England.
Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster is a social, cultural, and medical historian of modern Britain. She is a postdoctoral research and engagement fellow on the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, Surgery & Emotion, based at the University of Roehampton. She completed her PhD at King's College London in 2017 and has published widely in journals such as Social History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, and the British Medical Journal.