02689nam 2200625Ia 450 991077702130332120200520144314.01-282-36717-X97866123671750-19-534956-31-4294-6187-X2027/heb05768(CKB)1000000000414494(OCoLC)646787654(CaPaEBR)ebrary10269134(SSID)ssj0000114597(PQKBManifestationID)11131697(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114597(PQKBWorkID)10124263(PQKB)11706691(MiAaPQ)EBC431044(Au-PeEL)EBL431044(CaPaEBR)ebr10269134(CaONFJC)MIL236717(OCoLC)609831748(dli)HEB05768(MiU)MIU01000000000000012838909(EXLCZ)99100000000041449420000809d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe breast cancer wars[electronic resource] hope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America /Barron H. LernerNew York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (408 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-516106-8 0-19-514261-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-369) and index.Establishing a tradition : William Halsted and the radical mastectomy -- Inventing a curable disease : breast cancer control after World War II -- The scalpel triumphant : radical surgery in the 1950s -- A heretical interlude : biology as fate -- Reality check : breast cancer treatment and randomized controlled trials -- "I alone am in charge of my body" : breast cancer patients in revolt -- No shrinking violet : Rose Kushner and the maturation of breast cancer activism -- Seek and ye shall find : mammography praised and scorned -- "The world has passed us by" : science, activism, and the fall of the radical mastectomy -- The past as prologue : what can the history of breast cancer teach us? -- Risky business : breast cancer and genetics.BreastCancerUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMastectomyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBreastCancerHistoryMastectomyHistory616.99/449/00973Lerner Barron H792621MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777021303321The breast cancer wars3804698UNINA