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Early Robin Cook - good fast-paced story.

This tale centers around a twelve year old girl who has developed a form of leukemia. Her father, a doctor/scientist who has studied and searched for a cure for cancer for the past nine years following the death of his wife to leukemia, is suddenly having to deal with his nightmares again. He has since remarried, but soon conflicts arise between the father and his wife, oldest son, and the doctors who prescribe chemotherapy treatment for his daughter.

Fever:Charles Martel is a brilliant cancer researcher who discovers that his own daughter is the victim of leukemia. The cause: a chemical plant conspiracy that not only promises to kill her, but will destroy him as a doctor and a man if he tries to fight it... With chilling accuracy and riveting supsense, Robin Cook portrays the struggle of one family searching for the truth from a corporation and a medical establishment all to willing to ignore the fate of one little girl...

this was a realllly good read. interesting insight into cancer research.