LEADER 04882nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910958340603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-028656-3 010 $a1-282-36717-X 010 $a9786612367175 010 $a0-19-534956-3 010 $a1-4294-6187-X 024 7 $a2027/heb05768 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414494 035 $a(OCoLC)646787654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10269134 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114597 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131697 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114597 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10124263 035 $a(PQKB)11706691 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269134 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236717 035 $a(OCoLC)609831748 035 $a(dli)HEB05768 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012838909 035 $a(OCoLC)44812278 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB165352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431044 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414494 100 $a20000809d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe breast cancer wars $ehope, fear, and the pursuit of a cure in twentieth-century America /$fBarron H. Lerner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-19-516106-8 311 08$a0-19-514261-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-369) and index. 327 $aEstablishing 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. 330 $aIn this riveting narrative, Barron H. Lerner offers a superb medical and cultural history of our century-long battle with breast cancer. Revisiting the past, Lerner argues, can illuminate and clarify the dilemmas confronted by women with--and at risk for--the disease. Writing with insight and compassion, Lerner tells a compelling story of influential surgeons, anxious patients and committed activists. There are colorful portraits of the leading figures, ranging from the acerbic Dr. William Halsted, who pioneered the disfiguring radical mastectomy at the turn of the century to George Crile, Jr., the Cleveland surgeon who shocked the medical establishment by "going public" with his doubts about mastectomy, to Rose Kushner, a brash journalist who relentlessly educated American women about breast cancer. Lerner offers a fascinating account of the breast cancer wars: the insistent efforts of physicians to vanquish the "enemy"; the fights waged by feminists and maverick doctors to combat a paternalistic legacy that discouraged decision-making by patients; and the struggles of statisticians and researchers to generate definitive data in the face of the great risks and uncertainties raised by the disease. As easy as it is to demonize male physicians, the persistence of the radical mastectomy and other invasive treatments has had as much to do with the complicated scientific understandings of breast cancer as with sexism. In Lerner's hands, the fight against breast cancer opens a window on American medical practice over the last century: the pursuit of dramatic cures with sophisticated technologies, the emergence of patients' rights, the ethical and legal challenges raised by informed consent, and the limited ability of scientific knowledge to provide quick solutions for serious illnesses. A searching and profound work on an emotionally charged issue, The 330 8 $aBreast Cancer Wars tells a story that remains of vital importance to modern breast cancer patients, their families and the clinicians who strive to treat and prevent this dreaded disease. 606 $aBreast$xCancer$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMastectomy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aBreast$xCancer$xHistory 615 0$aMastectomy$xHistory 676 $a616.99/449/00973 700 $aLerner$b Barron H$0792621 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958340603321 996 $aThe breast cancer wars$94431271 997 $aUNINA