| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 227 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Introduction -- PART I: CANCER STATISTICS: SOME FACTS: Assessing the magnitude of the problem -- The problem is growing, not going away -- PART II: WHAT IS CANCER? : Cancer through the ages -- Our current understanding -- PART III: HOW IS CANCER TREATED? : The cancer cell-kill paradigm and its corollaries -- Chemotherapy drugs -- Treatment outcomes: dismal by any standard -- PART IV: WHY DOES THIS SYSTEM PERSIST? : The role of the National Cancer Institute -- Publications; the facts and nothing but the facts? -- From the doctors' perspective -- From the patients' perspective -- PART V: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? : A vision for the future -- Shifting from the cell-kill paradigm to pharmacogenomics -- Conclusions -- Glossary |
| Summary |
After reviewing the history of cancer and its impact on the population, the author exposes the antiquated notions that have driven cancer drug development, documents the stagnation in treatment outcomes despite major advances in cancer genomics and growing NCI budgets, and identifies the multiple factors that sustain the status quo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-208) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer -- United States
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Neoplasms
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Neoplasms -- therapy
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Research Design
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Cancer
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781402036170 |
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1402036175 |
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1281913448 |
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9781281913449 |
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9786611913441 |
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6611913440 |
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