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Malignant : how bad policy and bad evidence harm people with cancer / Vinayak K. Prasad.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prasad, Vinayak K., 1982- author.
Contributor:
Project Muse.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cancer--Chemotherapy--United States.
Cancer.
Antineoplastic agents--Economic aspects--United States.
Antineoplastic agents.
Medicine--Research--Economic aspects--United States.
Medicine.
Drug development--Economic aspects--United States.
Drug development.
Medical policy--United States.
Medical policy.
Patients--Civil rights.
Medicine--Research--Economic aspects.
Medicine--Research.
Cancer--Chemotherapy.
United States.
Patients--Civil rights--United States.
Patients.
Neoplasms--drug therapy.
Antineoplastic Agents--economics.
Biomedical Research--economics.
Drug Development--economics.
Health Policy.
Patient Rights.
Medical Subjects:
Neoplasms--drug therapy.
Antineoplastic Agents--economics.
Biomedical Research--economics.
Drug Development--economics.
Health Policy.
Patient Rights.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 289 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value
Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used?
Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals
How High Prices Harm Patients and Society
Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine
Financial Conflict of Interest
The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine
Will Precision Oncology Save Us?
Study Design
Principles of Oncology Practice
Important Trials in Oncology
Global Oncology
How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed?
What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow?
What Can People with Cancer Do?
What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781421437644
1421437643
Publisher Number:
99987141129
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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