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1 online resource (ix, 355 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-341) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
In the late 1980s, a promising new treatment for breast cancer emerged: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation or HDC/ABMT. By the 1990s, it had burst upon the oncology scene and disseminated rapidly before having been carefully evaluated. By the time published studies showed that the procedure was ineffective, more than 30,000 women had received the treatment, shortening their lives and adding to their suffering. This book tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer, and fully explores the story's implications, which go wel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- United States -- History.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- United States -- History.
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation. |
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Autotransplantation -- United States -- History.
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Autotransplantation. |
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Breast -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Complications.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Complications. |
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- Complications.
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- Complications. |
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Autotransplantation -- Complications.
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Breast Neoplasms -- history. |
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Breast Neoplasms -- therapy. |
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols -- history. |
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Bone Marrow Transplantation -- history. |
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Combined Modality Therapy -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Transplantation, Autologous -- history. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Breast. |
| Added Author |
Rettig, Richard A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: False hope. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 0195187768 9780195187762 (DLC) 2005037781 (OCoLC)62787324 |
| ISBN |
9780199748242 (electronic book) |
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0199748241 (electronic book) |
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0195187768 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780195187762 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
