The history and mystery of breast cancer / by Michael Baum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baum, Michael, 1937- author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Patients.

History.

Breast--Cancer--Treatment.

Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis.

Breast--Cancer--Diagnosis--History.

Breast.

Breast--Cancer--Treatment--History.

Breast--Cancer--Patients--History.

Breast Neoplasms.

Medical Subjects:

Breast Neoplasms.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

Breast cancer and its treatment is a terribly complex problem that involves all the intricacies of the human body, the anatomical and microscopic anatomy of the breast, the endocrine system, and bone metabolism, as well as the nature of malignant transformation. Even experts still have uncertainties. However, there is now an ethical and legal obligation for specialists to share their uncertainties with their patients when we are looking for informed consent before invasive procedures. Obsessive ruminations about the threat of breast cancer mean that few in the lay public know that breast cancer has slipped out of the top seven causes of death for women. This is more than a self-help book, but should also be considered as introducing the history and mystery of breast cancer, from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to the modern era, as well as hopes for the future.

Contents:

Part 1 The Beauty of Nature and the Nature of Beauty

Chapter 1 The Beauty of Nature and the Nature of Beauty: A Midsummer Walk on Hampstead Heath p. 2

Chapter 2 The Macroscopic Structure of Mammals and Homo Sapiens p. 14

Chapter 3 Why NOT Me? p. 23

Part 2 How Do We Know What We Know?

Chapter 4 The Logic of Scientific Discovery p. 34

An introduction to the philosophy of science. It sounds boring but it really is fun.

I will illustrate this topic by comparing scientific medicine with quack cancer cures.

Chapter 5 An Introduction to Clinical Trials and their Statistical Analysis p. 54

This sounds alarming but the principles are easy to understand and you don't have to worry about understanding the mathematics.

Chapter 6 Outcome Measures p. 69

The problem of surrogate outcome measures

Overall survival

Quality of Life (QOL)

Part 3 The History of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer

Chapter 7 The History of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer from the Ancient Egyptians until the Scientific Era p. 74

Chapter 8 Breast Cancer in the "Scientific" Era 1890-the Present p. 86

Chapter 9 The Mastectomy Wars p. 96

Chapter 10 The Curability of Breast Cancer: The Birth of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy p. 108

Chapter 11 The Golden Ibex of Santorini p. 117

Chapter 12 The Screening Paradox p. 135

Chapter 13 The HRT Paradox-oestrogens are Good for You p. 146

Chapter 14 Is it Time for the Next Paradigm Shift? Clinical Inconsistencies in the Conventional Biological Model of Breast Cancer p. 158

Chapter 15 Why Does the Weeping Willow Weep? p. 169

Chapter 16 A New Model of Health Care for Women p. 184.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781527535091

1527535096

OCLC:

1104646180

Publisher Number:

99982194064