Ethical Challenges in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy - 9783030637484

Ethical Challenges in Cancer Diagnosis and TherapyAuthor(s): Axel W. Bauer, Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Jochen S. Utikal\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030637484, 978-3030637484\nSynopsis\nThis book presents in detail the problems and ethical challenges in daily oncological practice.\n\nIn western industrialized countries, roughly 25 percent of all citizens still die from cancer. Despite significant progress in basic science and in individual areas of clinical care, even in the 21st century, being diagnosed with cancer has lost none of its dread and can still be a death sentence. This situation raises many problems and challenges for medical ethics, [url] the question of the benefits and risks of prevention programs, or the right to know and not to know.\n\nClinical trials with cancer patients and quality assurance for surgery, radiotherapy and medication also pose a series of ethical dilemmas.