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  • Book
    David B. Agus ; with Kristin Loberg.
    Contents:
    Destiny of the species : welcome to the lucky years
    The century of biology : the cure is already inside you
    This isn't science fiction : the power of technology to extend your life
    The future you : how your small data in the context of big data will save you
    The dawn of precision medicine : how to manage its power and perils
    Take the two-week challenge : how to measure and interpret your own data
    The danger of misinformation : how to know whom and what to trust
    A body in motion tends to stay lucky : the one supplement you're not getting enough of
    Wonder drugs that work : sleep, sex, touching, and tools to tame inflammation
    The butterfly effect : get ready to flap your wings.
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    Books: General Collection (Downstairs)
    2016
    RA776.5 .A39 2016
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  • Article
    Raventos A.
    Cancer. 1977 Feb;39(2 Suppl):941-4.
    Years ago, radiation therapists conducted randomized clinical trials which showed that regional irradiation significantly reduces local recurrence of breast cancer but does not often affect life span. No new findings challenge these conclusions. Controlled trials in general have lost some credibility, however, as it has become more widely recognized that they are very vulnerable to fallacious reasoning and to simple human error. There is serious concern that some physicians may be unwisely abandoning well tested treatment methods because of the premature dissemination of early results of some trials. Still, many important questions remain that can only be answered by clinical trials, some including radiation therapy. This paper suggests that randomization schemes be incorporated into "routine" medical practice, although only after the most careful deliberation, in order to hasten fuller understanding of old therapeutic methods as well as new ones.
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