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A history of lung cancer : the recalcitrant disease

Timmermann, Carsten, 1966-

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\"This is the first comprehensive history of lung cancer, once considered a rare condition and today the leading cause of cancer deaths world-wide. We are used to associating cancer treatment with scientific progress, but a patient diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 is no more likely to survive the disease for five or more years than a patient undergoing lung cancer surgery in the 1950s. A breakthrough has remained elusive for this condition, now firmly associated with the smoking of cigarettes. Drawing on many unpublished and little-used sources, this book tells the history of lung cancer, of doctors and patients, hopes and fears, expectations and frustrations over the past 200 years, as a rare chest affliction transformed into a major killer. Suggesting that lung cancer is not the only recalcitrant disease, Timmermann asks what happens when medical progress does not seem to make much difference\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Lungs Cancer. / Lungs Treatment. / HISTORY / Social History. / HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer. / HISTORY / Modern / General. / MEDICAL / History. / MEDICAL / Medical History & Records.
• ISBN: 9781403988027, 1403988021

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RC280.L8 T56 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE