The War on Cancer

An Anatomy of Failure, A Blueprint for the Future

Guy B. Faguet (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

227 Seiten

2005
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-3618-7 (ISBN)

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After reviewing the history of cancer and its impact on the population, Dr. Faguet 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. He shows that, contrary to frequent announcements of breakthroughs, our current cancer control model cannot eradicate most cancers and the reasons why. Significantly, this book also delineates a way forward via a shift from the discredited cell-kill approach of the past to an integrated, evidence-driven cancer control paradigm based on prevention, early diagnosis, and pharmacogenomics. The author's views are based on data published in mainstream scientific journals and other reliable references, 432 of which are cited.

Cancer Statistics: Some Facts.- Assessing the magnitude of the problem.- The problem is growing, not going away.- What Is Cancer?.- Cancer through the ages.- Our current understanding.- How Is Cancer Treated?.- The cancer cell-kill paradigm and its corollaries.- Chemotherapy drugs.- Treatment outcomes: Dismal by any standard.- 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.- Where Do We Go From Here?.- A vision for the future.- Shifting from the cell-kill paradigm to pharmacogenomics.

Zusatzinfo	XV, 227 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 232 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
ISBN-10	1-4020-3618-3 / 1402036183
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-3618-7 / 9781402036187
Zustand	Neuware