Columbia University professor Azra Raza wrote "The First Cell" to change as much as the conventional wisdom on cancer treatment. She explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural and personal. She sets goals that seem fantastic until a strict logical chain is built. You see both an experienced doctor, a subtle connoisseur of art and... a wife who loses her much-loved husband. It is extremely important that Dr. Raza gives the floor to his patients and their relatives ("let the pain scream"), because many have forgotten that it is the relief of their fate that is the main goal of science and medicine.