To Be of Use : Five Decades as a Cancer Doctor Including the Story of the Conquest of Childhood Leukemia

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Xlibris US, 2020

1796099074 / 9781796099072

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The year is 1971. Childhood leukemia, the most feared disease in the era of antibiotics, is the most common cancer of childhood and 100% fatal. These are trying times for those like me who, unaccountably, have chosen the field of pediatric oncology. In the absence of effective treatment, we have little to offer but our good intentions. On the other hand, things couldn't get much worse, so we are certain that they must get better. Little do we know, however, that we are on the cusp of a breakthrough. It has been observed that remissions achieved with combinations of chemotherapy drugs often end with the appearance of leukemic cells in the nervous system. Perhaps the nervous system is a 'sanctuary site' where drugs cannot reach leukemic cells. To address this problem, radiation is given to the brain. Within a few years we notice that many children are still in remission longer than expected. Ultimately, we are willing to call them 'cured'. This book relates this and numerous other major developmentsIn cancer treatment as experienced by the author who provides his personal perspective on those people and events which moved the field forward and others that didn't. The current status is critically and sometimes humorously reviewed.…

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Titolo
To Be of Use : Five Decades as a Cancer Doctor Including the Story of the Conquest of Childhood Leukemia
Autore
Edward Arenson MD CWSP
Editore
Xlibris US
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Taschenbuch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1796099074
ISBN 13
9781796099072
Peso dell'articolo
695 grammi
Dimensioni
280x216x12 mm

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