6. Edition - January 2010
71.90 Euro
2010. 576 Pages, Softcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-7015-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-7015-4 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
This book is an excellent practical text that presents information on all the major cancers in a clear, concise, and coherent way. Each chapter covers screening, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, staging, management, and prognosis of a specific cancer. This problem-oriented approach makes the book ideal for use in the clinical setting. The sixth edition features up-to-date information on the most recent techniques and therapies and coverage of controversial topics, such as screening, genetic testing, prevention, and AIDS-related cancers.

From the contents
1 The modern management of cancer: an introductory note.

2 Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening.

3 Biology of cancer.

4 Staging of tumours.

5 Radiotherapy.

6 Systemic treatment for cancer.

7 Supportive care and symptom relief.

8 Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies.

9 Paraneoplastic syndromes.

10 Cancer of the head and neck.

11 Brain and spinal cord.

12 Tumours of the lung and mediastinum.

13 Breast cancer.

14 Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach.

15 Cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas.

16 Tumours of the small and large bowel.

17 Gynaecological cancer.

18 Genitourinary cancer.

19 Testicular cancer.

20 Thyroid and adrenal cancer.

21 Cancer from an unknown primary site.

22 Skin cancer.

23 Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas.

24 Paediatric malignancies.

25 Hodgkin's disease.

26 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

27 Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias.

28 Leukaemia.

29 New biologicals