False hope : bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer /
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 sh...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.