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After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history.

Groundbreaking, riveting, and expertly told, The Breakthrough is the story of the game-changing scientific discoveries that unleash our natural ability to recognize and defeat cancer, as told through the experiences of the patients, physicians, and cancer immunotherapy researchers who are on the front lines. This is the incredible true story of the race to find a cure, a dispatch from the life-changing world of modern oncological science, and a brave new chapter in medical history.

Vous risquez de ne plus voir les hôpitaux du même œil... Pendant seize ans, l'infirmier Charles Cullen a semé la mort à travers deux États et neuf hôpitaux sans être inquiété. S'il a fini par avouer les meurtres de quarante de ses patients, des experts estiment en vérité à quatre cents le nombre réel de ses victimes, ce qui ferait de lui l'un des pires tueurs en série de l'Histoire.

Nueva Jersey, 1987. Charles Cullen pasa sus días atendiendo a los pacientes del pabellón de quemados. Nadie hubiera creído que en esa sala el tímido enfermero concebiría un macabro método para terminar de una vez por todas con los dolores de los enfermos que contaban con sus cuidados para recuperarse. Rumores sobre inexplicables sobredosis de medicamentos cardiacos, silenciosas muertes ligadas entre sí; una sombra asesina recorre los pasillos de nueve hospitales al noreste de Estados Unidos sembrando casi 400 víctimas.