Book contents
- Brain Fables
- Brain Fables
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface 1 – The Question
- Preface 2 – Enter Patient
- Acknowledgements
- Special Thanks from Benjamin Stecher
- Chapter 1 The Shaky Six and the “Second Reality”
- Chapter 2 Pieces of a Puzzle?
- Chapter 3 Disease “Redefinition”: A Tough Pill to Swallow
- Chapter 4 Disease Subtypes: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 5 Protein Paradox
- Chapter 6 The Fault in Our Models
- Chapter 7 Biomarkers: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 8 Lessons from Oncology
- Chapter 9 Symptomatic vs. Disease-Modifying Therapies
- Chapter 10 The Hypothesis That Refuses to Die
- Chapter 11 Our Living Dissonance
- Chapter 12 The Scientific and Lay Narratives
- Chapter 13 Challenges Viewed from Afar
- Chapter 14 The Moonshot: Population-Based Studies of Aging
- Chapter 15 Predictions for the 2020s and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Note Added at Press Time – Reviving LOF
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Lessons from Oncology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2020
- Brain Fables
- Brain Fables
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface 1 – The Question
- Preface 2 – Enter Patient
- Acknowledgements
- Special Thanks from Benjamin Stecher
- Chapter 1 The Shaky Six and the “Second Reality”
- Chapter 2 Pieces of a Puzzle?
- Chapter 3 Disease “Redefinition”: A Tough Pill to Swallow
- Chapter 4 Disease Subtypes: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 5 Protein Paradox
- Chapter 6 The Fault in Our Models
- Chapter 7 Biomarkers: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 8 Lessons from Oncology
- Chapter 9 Symptomatic vs. Disease-Modifying Therapies
- Chapter 10 The Hypothesis That Refuses to Die
- Chapter 11 Our Living Dissonance
- Chapter 12 The Scientific and Lay Narratives
- Chapter 13 Challenges Viewed from Afar
- Chapter 14 The Moonshot: Population-Based Studies of Aging
- Chapter 15 Predictions for the 2020s and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Note Added at Press Time – Reviving LOF
- References
- Index
Summary
After taking the patient’s history and completing a full examination, Dr. Smith summarizes his findings: “Based on my experience and the diagnostic criteria available, you have Disease X. We could support this diagnosis by Test Y, although my clinical impression should suffice. Because the progression of Disease X varies among patients, it is impossible to predict the speed of such progression for you. I suggest we start Treatment Z soon.”
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- Brain FablesThe Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them, pp. 81 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020