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Malignant : how bad policy and bad evidence harm people with cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prasad, Vinayak K., 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Cancer > Chemotherapy > United States.
Antineoplastic agents > Economic aspects > United States.
Medicine > Research > Economic aspects > United States.
Drug development > Economic aspects > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Patients > Civil rights > United States.
Neoplasms > drug therapy.
Antineoplastic Agents > economics.
Biomedical Research > economics.
Drug Development > economics.
Health Policy.
Patient Rights.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Basics of Cancer Drugs : Cost, Benefit, Value
  • Surrogate Endpoints in Cancer : What Are They and Where Are They Used?
  • Use and Misuse of Surrogates for Drug Approvals
  • How High Prices Harm Patients and Society
  • Hype, Spin, and the Unbridled Enthusiasm That Distorts Cancer Medicine
  • Financial Conflict of Interest
  • The Harms of Financial Conflicts and How to Rehabilitate Medicine
  • Will Precision Oncology Save Us?
  • Study Design
  • Principles of Oncology Practice
  • Important Trials in Oncology
  • Global Oncology
  • How Should Cancer Drug Development Proceed?
  • What Can the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and
  • Medicaid Services Do Tomorrow?
  • What Can People with Cancer Do?
  • What Can Students, Residents, and Fellows Do?