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Do No Harm: How a Magic Bullet for Prostate Cancer Became a Medical Quandary Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Stewart Justman


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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.

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  • Title Do No Harm: How a Magic Bullet for Prostate Cancer Became a Medical Quandary
  • Author Stewart Justman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ivan R. Dee Publisher
  • Date 2008-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781566636278 / 1566636272
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.79 x 0.92 in (22.10 x 14.71 x 2.34 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Prostate - Cancer - Chemoprevention - United, Prostate - Diseases - Chemoprevention -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007029867
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.994

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2008, Page 38
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2008, Page 77
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2008, Page 89
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/21/2008, Page 164
  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2008, Page 92

About the author

Stewart Justman won the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay for his book Seeds of Mortality, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2003. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
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