|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910810897503321 |
|
|
Titolo |
False hope : bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer / / Richard A. Rettig ... [et al.] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
0-19-770665-7 |
1-280-84585-6 |
9786610845859 |
0-19-974824-1 |
1-4294-5923-9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (368 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Oxford scholarship online |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Breast - Cancer - Chemotherapy - United States - History |
Bone marrow - Transplantation - United States - History |
Autotransplantation - United States - History |
Breast - Cancer - Chemotherapy - Complications |
Bone marrow - Transplantation - Complications |
Autotransplantation - Complications |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2007. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-341) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Breast cancer patients and the emergence of a treatment -- Jumping the gun -- Court trials -- Litigation strategies -- Entrepreneurial oncology -- Government mandates -- Technology assessments -- Clinical trials -- Denouement -- Values in conflict. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In the late 1990s, a promising new treatment for breast cancer emerged: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation or HDC/ABMT. This text tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|