Hopkins Magazine - Fall 2024

Article excerpts

As kids, Richard Jones and Michael McCormick played ball, shot pool, listened to Beatles records … They remained close friends for nearly 60 years and, in 2024, became co-authors… Rogue Cells: A Conversation on the Myths and Mysteries of Cancer is the result of their collaboration.

Though Jones is the cancer expert who supplies the science behind the disease and its treatments, the book is written in McCormick’s informal, conversational voice.

Jones and McCormick strike the delicate balance between hard science and human emotion. Their book is both substantive and heartfelt, inviting readers into the authors’ long friendship and providing a road map through the cancer experience.

“I’ve seen that patients do a lot better when they understand why we are doing what we are doing”, Jones says.”

Hopkins Medicine, Fall 2024

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2024/10/a-conversation-about-cancer