LEADER 05040nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910810909803321 005 20240418092038.0 010 $a1-281-80174-7 010 $a9786611801748 010 $a0-8135-4565-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813545653 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576818 035 $a(EBL)361673 035 $a(OCoLC)476191026 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264068 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194912 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264068 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283766 035 $a(PQKB)10439329 035 $a(OCoLC)966883590 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53298 035 $a(DE-B1597)529989 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813545653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251790 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361673 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576818 100 $a20080221d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnder the radar$b[electronic resource] $ecancer and the cold war /$fEllen Leopold 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 225 1 $aCritical issues in health and medicine 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4404-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Double Jeopardy: Cancer and ?Cure? -- $tChapter 2. The Court Considers Informed Consent -- $tChapter 3. The Rise of Radioactive Cobalt -- $tChapter 4. The Cobalt Back Story: ?A Little of the Buchenwald Touch? -- $tChapter 5. Behind the Fallout Controversy: The Public, the Press, and Conflicts of Interest -- $tChapter 6. Cancer and Fallout: Science by Circumvention -- $tChapter 7. Paradise Lost: Radiation Enters the Mainstream -- $tChapter 8. Subdued by the System: Cancer in the Courts, Compensation, and the Changing Concept of Risk -- $tChapter 9. Hidden Assassin: The Individual at Fault -- $tChapter 10. Experiments by Other Means: Clinical Trials and the Primacy of Treatment over Prevention -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aAt the end of the Second World War, a diagnosis of cancer was a death sentence. Sixty years later, it is considered a chronic disease rather than one that is invariably fatal. Although survival rates have improved, the very word continues to evoke a special terror and guilt, inspiring scientists and politicians to wage war against it. In Under the Radar, Ellen Leopold shows how nearly every aspect of our understanding and discussion of cancer bears the imprint of its Cold War entanglement. The current biases toward individual rather than corporate responsibility for rising incidence rates, research that promotes treatment rather than prevention, and therapies that can be patented and marketed all reflect a largely hidden history shaped by the Cold War. Even the language we use to describe the disease, such as the guiding metaphor for treatment, "fight fire with fire," can be traced back to the middle of the twentieth century. Writing in a lucid style, Leopold documents the military, governmental, industrial, and medical views of radiation and atomic energy to examine the postwar response to cancer through the prism of the Cold War. She explores the role of radiation in cancer therapies today, using case studies and mammogram screening, in particular, to highlight the surprising parallels. Taking into account a wide array of disciplines, this book challenges our understanding of cancer and how we approach its treatment. Examines the postwar response to cancer through the prism of the Cold War Goes beyond medical science to look at the influence of Cold War policies on the way we think about cancer today Links the experience of postwar cancer patients with the broader evolution of what have become cancer industries Traces the history of human-made radiation as a state-sponsored environmental toxin 410 0$aCritical issues in health and medicine. 606 $aCancer$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCobalt$xIsotopes$xTherapeutic use$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCold War$xHealth aspects$zUnited States 606 $aInformed consent (Medical law)$zUnited States 606 $aRadioactive fallout$zUnited States 606 $aRadiation carcinogenesis$zUnited States 615 0$aCancer$xHistory 615 0$aCobalt$xIsotopes$xTherapeutic use$xHistory 615 0$aCold War$xHealth aspects 615 0$aInformed consent (Medical law) 615 0$aRadioactive fallout 615 0$aRadiation carcinogenesis 676 $a363.738 700 $aLeopold$b Ellen$f1944-$0129236 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810909803321 996 $aUnder the radar$94041593 997 $aUNINA