Why We Love It

"There’s this really amazing explainer book called The Cancer Roadmap," says Jean Hannah Edelstein in our interview. "The author of this book, Dr. Liz O’Riordan was a breast cancer surgeon who had breast cancer. She had to stop working because of the damage it did to her arms. It’s excellent as a foil to the swirl of cancer misinformation because it is written in the clearest, simplest, plainest language. I think that's where MAHA captures hearts and minds — because their rhetoric is so simple, in contrast to what you might hear at the hospital. And that's why it's so valuable: Dr O'Riordan meets people where they are. I think it should be required reading, given that everyone's life will be touched by cancer, whether their own diagnosis or that of a loved one."