This is a novelization of the life and struggles of the first doctor in the world to perform successfuly surgery for breast cancer. The professional battle to overcome the scourge of breast cancer is mirrored by the surgeon’s tempestuous duels with his domineering female family members.
| japanese title: | Hanaoka Seishu no tsuma |
| notes: | Japanese title: Hanaoka Seishu no tsuma. |
| subjects: | Marriage |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780870113376 |
| OCLC number: | 646979951 |
| publisher: | Kodansha International, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2003 |
| publication place: | New York, Tokyo |
| japanese publication date: | 1966 |
| english publication date: | 1978 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | viii, 174 p. ; 22 cm. |