Treatment of Cancer

Pat Price, Karol Sikora (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

614 Seiten

2020 | 7th edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-13465-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Treatment of Cancer is a multi-author work and comprehensive guide on modern cancer treatment that aims to give clinician and student alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. Much information is presented in tables and charts for easy assimilation, and clear algorithms for patient pathways are included to make decisions straightforward while allowing for sound clinical judgement.

Autor

Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Visiting Professor in the Division of Surgery within the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, is an academic clinical oncologist specializing in PET based molecular imaging, advanced radiotherapy techniques and translational research in oncology. She founded the charity Action Radiotherapy which acts as the secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy. Professor Karol Sikora, MA, MB BChir, PhD, FRCR, FRCP, FFPM, a former chief of the World Health Organisation cancer programme, is a world respected oncologist and campaigner for better universal cancer treatment. He is Medical Director, Rutherford Health, and Professor of Medicine, University of Buckingham, UK. He was Clinical Director for Cancer Services at Imperial Healthcare for over 20 years and founded the University of Buckingham Medical School before setting up Rutherford Health, a network of integrated cancer centres which include proton therapy.

Inhalt

Preface. Cancer Care: Today and Tomorrow. Contributors. Central Nervous System. Adult Ocular and Orbital (Ocular Adnexa) Tumors. Head and Neck Cancer. Thyroid. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors. Breast Cancer. Lung Cancer. Esophageal Cancer. Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Pancreatic Cancer. Biliary Tract Cancer. Gastric Cancer. Bladder Cancer. Prostate Cancer. Colorectal Cancer. Anus. Germ-Cell Cancer of the Testis and Related Neoplasms. Renal Cell Cancer. Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer. Uterine Cancer. Cervical Cancer. Carcinoma of the Vagina and Vulva. Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer. Malignant Melanoma. Primary Bone Tumors. Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Leukemias. Hodgkin Lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Multiple Myeloma. Pediatric Oncology. AIDS-Related Malignancy. Clinical Cancer Genetics. Lifestyle Factors in Cancer Survivorship. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.11.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 142 Tables, black and white; 26 Line drawings, color; 45 Line drawings, black and white; 47 Halftones, color; 67 Halftones, black and white; 73 Illustrations, color; 112 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 280 mm
• Gewicht: 2160 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
• ISBN-10: 0-367-13465-9 / 0367134659
• ISBN-13: 978-0-367-13465-5 / 9780367134655
• Zustand: Neuware