Basics of Oncology (eBook)

Frederick O Stephens, Karl Reinhard Aigner (Autoren)

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2009 | 2009
XXIV, 375 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-92925-3 (ISBN)

Infos

'Basics of Oncology' provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed, both for cancers in general and for the common cancers in individual countries. The reader will thereby be provided with an understanding of how and why people develop cancer, how the body reacts to cancer, what can be done to prevent the disease, and how the various cancers are best diagnosed and treated. The book will serve as a sound basis for the more detailed or specific studies that may be needed in different areas of practice and in different countries. It will be invaluable for students of medicine, nurse oncologists, students of medical sciences and other health professionals in all parts of the world.

Inhalt

Contributing Authors 5
Dedication 6
Preface 7
Acknowledgements 9
Contents 10
Part I The Cancer Problem 22
What is Malignancy? 23
Epidemiology 37
Summary of Practical Measures to Prevent Cancer 60
Part II General Features of Cancer- Presentation and Management 65
Symptoms of Cancer: Local and General 66
Signs of Cancer: Local and General 72
Clinico-Pathology of Cancers 76
Investigations That May be Useful in Detecting Cancer 81
Treating Cancer 103
Relationship Between Patients, Their Doctors and the Healthcare Team 137
Part III Most Common Cancers 139
Skin Cancers 140
Lung Cancer ( Bronchogenic Carcinoma) 158
Breast Cancer 165
Cancers of the Digestive System ( Alimentary Tract) 184
Head and Neck Cancers 211
Cancers of Female Genital Organs 229
Cancers of the Male Genital Organs 242
Cancers of Bladder and Kidneys 255
Cancers of the Brain and Nervous System 261
The Leukaemias and Lymphomas 269
Soft- Tissue Sarcomas 290
Malignant Tumours of Bone and Cartilage 300
Metastatic ( Secondary) Cancer 307
Part IV Making Progress 312
Techniques and Evidence of Progress 313
Future Directions 320
Further Reading 334
Glossary 339
Appendix 352
Index 367

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XXIV, 375 p. 70 illus., 45 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Cancer • Carcinom • Diagnose • Malignancies • Oncology • Sarcomas • Tumours
• ISBN-10: 3-540-92925-8 / 3540929258
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-92925-3 / 9783540929253