Fever (novel)
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Fever is a 1982 novel by Robin Cook
and is in the category of medical thriller. The main characters are a 12 year old girl, Michelle, with myeoloblastic leukaemia, and her father, Charles. She goes to a hospital where her doctors decide to give her experimental high doses of chemotherapy
. This results in deteriorating her strength and health which her father doesn't approve of. Charles has been a cancer
researcher for ten years since his first wife died of a different type of leukaemia. He tries to unlock the cure to cancer and to save Michelle's life while overcoming problems such as being thrown out of work and sought after by the police. Charles is forced to work locked in his home and to perform experiments on himself in hopes of giving Michelle a cure in time.
Robin Cook (novelist)
Dr. Robin Cook is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health....
and is in the category of medical thriller. The main characters are a 12 year old girl, Michelle, with myeoloblastic leukaemia, and her father, Charles. She goes to a hospital where her doctors decide to give her experimental high doses of chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
. This results in deteriorating her strength and health which her father doesn't approve of. Charles has been a cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
researcher for ten years since his first wife died of a different type of leukaemia. He tries to unlock the cure to cancer and to save Michelle's life while overcoming problems such as being thrown out of work and sought after by the police. Charles is forced to work locked in his home and to perform experiments on himself in hopes of giving Michelle a cure in time.