Malignant
how bad policy and bad evidence harm people with cancer
$82.91
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2020
Summary
How hype, money, and bias can mislead the public into thinking that many worthless or unproven treatments are effective.
Each week, people read about new and exciting cancer drugs. Some of these drugs are truly transformative, offering major improvements in how long patients live or how they feel—but what is often missing from the popular narrative is that, far too often, these new drugs have marginal or minimal benefits. Some are even harmful. In Malignant, hematologist-oncologist D…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421437637 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421437635 |
| Author: | Vinayak K. Prasad |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“Patients should ask their oncologist how good the cure is: do I really live longer and better than doing “nothing”? Let them start by asking whether their doctor has read Prasad’s book.”
Malignant is punchy and persuasive, and the author is clearly in command of his subject matter. Prasad offers valuable advice on how to keep up with research as well as the appropriate way to analyse clinical trial reports.—Talha K Burki, The Lancet HematologyAimed at general readers (including patients), oncology trainees and experts in health-care policy, it informs and disturbs throughout.—Andrew Robinson, NaturePatients should ask their oncologist how good the cure is: do I really live longer and better than doing “nothing”? Let them start by asking whether their doctor has read Prasad’s book.—Zurich Weekly News Review[Malignant is] so applicable to the issues of the pandemic … Because what we’re seeing is a research infrastructure that is not set up to do rapid evaluation, and to be resilient and to respond to a health crisis.—Marty Makary, MD, MPH, MedPage Today
About The Author
Vinayak K. Prasad
Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and internal medicine physician. An associate professor of medicine and public health at Oregon Health & Science University, he is the coauthor of Ending Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives.
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