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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. To Be of Use: Five Decades as a Cancer Doctor Including the Story of the Conquest of Childhood Leukemia. Book.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorEdward Arenson was born in Philadelphia on April 11, 1945, the day before the death of FDR, in the Philadelphia Lying -In Hospital where both parents were hospitalized, his mother for obvious reasons and his father, wh.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. 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. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. To Be of Use | Five Decades as a Cancer Doctor Including the Story of the Conquest of Childhood Leukemia | Edward Arenson MD CWSP | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2020 | Xlibris US | EAN 9781796099072 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…