Malignant
«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 Hematology»
How hype, money, and bias can mislead the public into thinking that many worthless or unproven treatments are effective. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781421437637
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«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 Hematology»
«Aimed at general readers (including patients), oncology trainees and experts in health-care policy, it informs and disturbs throughout.
—Andrew Robinson, Nature»
«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.
—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»