| Description |
1 online resource (x, 533 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The modern management of cancer: an introductory note -- Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening -- Biology of cancer -- Staging of tumours -- Radiotherapy -- Systemic treatment for cancer -- Supportive care and symptom relief -- Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Cancer of the head and neck -- Brain and spinal cord -- Tumours of the lung and mediastinum -- Breast cancer -- Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach -- Cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas -- Tumours of the small and large bowel -- Gynaecological cancer -- Genitourinary cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Thyroid and adrenal cancer -- Cancer from an unknown primary site -- Skin cancer -- Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas -- Paediatric malignancies -- Hodgkin's disease -- Non-hodgkin's lymphomas -- Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias -- Leukaemia |
| Summary |
Annotation highly acclaimed comprehensive and practical text covering the principles and practice of the management of cancerWhy Buy This Book?Includes up & ndash;to & ndash;date information on the most recent techniques and therapies availableComprehensive and practical reference source of both common and rarer forms of cancerHighlights frequent dilemmas and difficulties encountered during cancer managementCovers controversial topics including screening, genetic testing, prevention and AIDS & ndash;related cancersProvides the reader with fundamental knowledge about oncogenes, epidemiology and staging, through to basic actions of different treatment modalitiesCancer and its management is ideal for all those concerned with he management of cancer:Surgical, clinical and medical oncologists & ndash; both consultants and traineesNursing staff with an interest in cancerGeneral practitioners, and medical, nursing and pharmacy students"This book is exactly what was needed. All in all, this book is destined to become a classic."The Lancet" ... should be compulsory reading for all would & ndash;be cancer specialists. The authors & prime; discussion of controversial topics ... is excellent."British Medical Journal & ldquo;This is, without exaggeration, the book when it comes to Cancer. ... All in all, the Cancer Bible. & rdquo;Microscope (NottinghamUniversityMedicalSchool Gazette) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Diagnosis.
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Cancer -- Treatment.
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Neoplasms -- diagnosis.
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Neoplasms -- therapy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tobias, Jeffrey S.
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| LC no. |
2004022602 |
| ISBN |
0470994878 (electronic bk.) |
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0470994886 |
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9780470994870 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470994887 |
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