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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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Book category Books in English Medicine Clinical & internal medicine Diseases & disorders

• Full title: Do No Harm
• Subtitle: How a Magic Bullet for Prostate Cancer Became a Medical Quandary
• Author: Stewart Justman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781566636278
• ISBN: 1566636272
• ID: 05082810
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
• Weight: 431 g
• Dimensions: 225 × 148 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. January 2008

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