False hope
Subtitle: bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer
By: Richard A. Rettig ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rettig, Richard A.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780195187762
Subjects: Breast -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- United States -- History; Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- United States -- History; Autotransplantation -- United States -- History; 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: Breast cancer patients and the emergence of a treatment; title: Jumping the gun; title: Court trials; title: Litigation strategies; title: Entrepreneurial oncology; title: Government mandates; title: Technology assessments; title: Clinical trials; title: Dénouement; title: Values in conflict.