Manual of Clinical Oncology - UICC International Union Against Cancer

This pocket-sized volume is written for doctors-in-training and in practice. Its chapters by international clinical experts, emphasize: - Underlying principles of cancer biology and pathophysiology critical to optimal treatment; - Common worldwide problems (e.g., smoking, palliative care) and diseases (breast, liver, lung, and stomach cancers); - Practical up-to-date information - Carefully selected, widely available, secondary sources. Practitioners at all levels will find this Manual comprehensive yet concise, very readable, with understandable illustrations and useful, well organized tables.

List of contents

Contents: Part I. Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer.- Natural Histories of Cancer.- Descriptive Epidemiology and Human Cancer.- Cancer Etiology.- Primary Prevention.- Smoking Cessation.- Screening and Early Detection.- Diagnosis and Pathology.- Staging and Management.- Surgical Principles.- Radiation Therapy.- Systemic Therapies.- Clinical Trials. Part II. Skin Cancer.- Melanoma of the Skin.- Tumors of the Head and Neck.- Thyroid Carcinoma.- Lung Cancer.- Liver Cancer.- Cancer of the Esophagus and Stomach.- Cancer of the Pancreas.- Cancer of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Breast Cancer.- Cancer of the Uterine Cervix and Endometrium and Gestational Trophoblastic Disaese.- Cancer of the Ovary.- Cancer of the Testis.- Cancer of the Prostate.- Kidney Cancer.- Bladder Cancer.- Tumors of the Central Nervous System.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Bone Sarcomas.- Malignant Lympoma and Multiple Myeloma.- Leukemia.- Childhood Cancer.- Unknown Primary Cancers.- Complications and Supportive Care.
Pain and Symptom Management.- Rehabilitation.- Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer.

Report

"Topics in the first part are clearly summarised, with an up-to-date knowledge on molecular biology and the explanation of natural histories of cancers that will be useful for clinical medical practitioners." Progress in Palliative Care

Product details

• Assisted by: C. Hanson Kirk (Editor), C. Hanson-Kirk (Editor), Richard R. Love (Editor), F.Xavier Bosch (Co-editor), P.Grantley Gill (Co-editor), Charles R. Hamilton (Co-editor), Dieter K. Hossfeld (Co-editor), Charles D. Jr. Sherman (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9783540581932
• ISBN: 978-3-540-58193-2
• No. of pages: 602
• Weight: 716 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 602 p. 28 illus., 15 illus. in color.
• Series: UICC International Union Against Cancer; UICC International Union Against Cancer /Current Treatment of Cancer
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; C, Medicine, Pathology, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Oncology, Clinical & internal medicine