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008 131106s2014 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013044655
020 $a9781403988027 (hardback)
020 $a1403988021 (hardback)
020 $z9781137384232 (PDF ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC280.L8$bT56 2014
082 00 $a616.99/42406$223
084 $aHIS054000$aHEA039030$aHIS037030$aMED039000$aMED051000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aTimmermann, Carsten,$d1966-
245 12 $aA history of lung cancer :$bthe recalcitrant disease /$cCarsten Timmermann, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, UK.
264 1 $aHoundsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :$bPalgrave Macmillan ;$aNew York, NY,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 244 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aScience, technology and medicine in modern history
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: The History of a Recalcitrant Disease -- 2. Lung Cancer and Consumption in the Nineteenth Century: Bodies, Tissues, Cells, and the Making of a Rare Disease -- 3. Lungs in the Operating Theatre, Circa 1900 to 1950 -- 4. Science, Medicine and Politics: Lung Cancer and Smoking, Circa 1945 to 1965 -- 5. Trials and Tribulations: Lung Cancer Treatment, Circa 1950 to 1970 -- 6. More Enthusiasm, Please: Preventing, Screening, Treating, Classifying, Circa 1960 to 1990 -- 7. The Management of Stigma: Lung Cancer and Charity, Circa 1990 to 2000 -- 8. Still Recalcitrant? Some Conclusions.
520 $a"This is the first comprehensive history of lung cancer, once considered a rare condition and today the leading cause of cancer deaths world-wide. We are used to associating cancer treatment with scientific progress, but a patient diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 is no more likely to survive the disease for five or more years than a patient undergoing lung cancer surgery in the 1950s. A breakthrough has remained elusive for this condition, now firmly associated with the smoking of cigarettes. Drawing on many unpublished and little-used sources, this book tells the history of lung cancer, of doctors and patients, hopes and fears, expectations and frustrations over the past 200 years, as a rare chest affliction transformed into a major killer. Suggesting that lung cancer is not the only recalcitrant disease, Timmermann asks what happens when medical progress does not seem to make much difference"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aLungs$xCancer.
650 0 $aLungs$xTreatment.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMEDICAL / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMEDICAL / Medical History & Records.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/027/9781403988027/image/lgcover.9781403988027.jpg