Deadly Medicine: A Common Surgery For Women and the Cancer It Leaves Behind
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Cancer, Women&
| Author: | The Wall Street Journal | ISBN: | 9781311782212 |
| Publisher: | The Wall Street Journal | Publication: | December 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | The Wall Street Journal |
| ISBN: | 9781311782212 |
| Publisher: | The Wall Street Journal |
| Publication: | December 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Since the 1990s, thousands of women have undertaken a surgical procedure that may have risked their lives.
After Dr. Amy Reed had surgery to remove uterine fibroids, involving a procedure known as power morcellation, she learned that it had worsened her prognosis by spreading a cancer she and her doctors didn't know she had.
Dr. Reed became a vocal critic of power morcellators and the doctors who used them, dividing the medical community. Now doctors and companies are waiting for more-permanent guidance from the FDA.
This story, drawn from ongoing coverage in The Wall Street Journal, is a gripping human-interest account of public trust and the fallibility of modern medicine.
Since the 1990s, thousands of women have undertaken a surgical procedure that may have risked their lives.
After Dr. Amy Reed had surgery to remove uterine fibroids, involving a procedure known as power morcellation, she learned that it had worsened her prognosis by spreading a cancer she and her doctors didn't know she had.
Dr. Reed became a vocal critic of power morcellators and the doctors who used them, dividing the medical community. Now doctors and companies are waiting for more-permanent guidance from the FDA.
This story, drawn from ongoing coverage in The Wall Street Journal, is a gripping human-interest account of public trust and the fallibility of modern medicine.
