Do no harm : how a magic bullet for prostate cancer became a medical quandary
著者
書誌事項
Do no harm : how a magic bullet for prostate cancer became a medical quandary
Ivan R. Dee, 2008
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全1件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index
収録内容
- A medical maze: the finasteride question
- The prostate cancer prevention trial
- Sister drugs: finasteride and tamoxifen
- Specific harms and general benefits
- Calculation of harm
- Medical knowledge and medical ignorance
- Prevention gone too far
- Breakthrough: "the present is obsolete"
- "I will abstain from harming any man"
- "Do no harm?"
- The finasteride story: what did not happen
内容説明・目次
内容説明
A fascinating medical detective story about the unusual reception for a promising new drug by a skeptical medical community reluctant to abandon its age-old Hippocratic Oath of "Do No Harm." Stewart Justman explains how a pill called finasteride, proven to dramatically reduce the incidence of prostate cancer, was found to be also associated with a distinctly higher rate of aggressive cancer. As urologists and oncologists were presented with a strange mix of eurekas and cautionary notes, physicians adhered to their best principles and remained wary of massive application. For now, the drug is deemed too risky: the medical dictum of avoiding harm has inhibited its use on a grand scale, though statistically there is much in its favor. Do No Harm is engrossing reading about medical science and, finally, a reassuring tale of the triumph of tradition over novelty.
「Nielsen BookData」 より