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False hope : bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer / Richard A. Rettig [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rettig, Richard A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breast--Cancer--Chemotherapy--United States--History.
- Breast.
- Bone marrow--Transplantation--United States--History.
- Bone marrow.
- Autotransplantation--United States--History.
- Autotransplantation.
- Breast--Cancer--Chemotherapy--Complications.
- Bone marrow--Transplantation--Complications.
- Autotransplantation--Complications.
- Breast Neoplasms--history--United States.
- Breast Neoplasms--therapy--United States.
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols--history--United States.
- Bone Marrow Transplantation--history--United States.
- Combined Modality Therapy--history--United States.
- History, 20th Century--United States.
- Transplantation, Autologous--history--United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Breast Neoplasms--history--United States.
- Breast Neoplasms--therapy--United States.
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols--history--United States.
- Bone Marrow Transplantation--history--United States.
- Combined Modality Therapy--history--United States.
- History, 20th Century--United States.
- Transplantation, Autologous--history--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the late 1990s, a promising new treatment for breast cancer emerged: high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation or HDC/ABMT. This text tells of the rise and demise of HDC/ABMT for metastatic and early stage breast cancer.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-341) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770665-7
- 1-280-84585-6
- 9786610845859
- 0-19-974824-1
- 1-4294-5923-9
- OCLC:
- 923712716
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