False hope : bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer / / Richard A. Rettig [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956514203321
• Autore: Rettig Richard A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• 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
• Disciplina: 616.99/449061
• 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; Breast Neoplasms - history - United States; Breast Neoplasms - therapy - United States; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - history - United States; Bone Marrow Transplantation - history - United States; Combined Modality Therapy - history - United States; History, 20th Century - United States; Transplantation, Autologous - history - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• 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 -- Dénouement -- 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.