The Conquest of Cancer A distant goal /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Faguet, Guy (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Molecular biology.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Molecular Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Human Genetics.

Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later, and after an exhaustive ana...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface. Part I An Historical overview of the war on cancer. The four-decade journey to the National Cancer Act of 1971. Part II Cancer through the ages
• An historical overview: From prehistory to WW11
• Our current knowledge
• Environmental carcinogens
• Part III Cancer statistics
• Assessing the enormity of the problem
• An uncontrolled problem
• Part IV How is advanced cancer treated?-The cancer-cell kill paradigm and beyond.- Complementary and alternative medicine
• The cell-kill paradigm: Bleak outcomes. Part V Stakeholders' role in the status quo
• The role of the National Cancer Institute
• Factors that impact Oncology research and practice
• The complex physician-patient interaction: Expectations vs. reality. Part VI A paradigm shift in cancer management.- Prevention & Early detection
• The holistic management of advanced cancer: A three-stage blueprint. Conclusions. References. Index.