Treatment of Cancer

Buch | Hardcover

736 Seiten

2025 | 8th edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-55954-4 (ISBN)

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This successful text is a comprehensive guide on modern cancer treatments that aims to give clinician and student alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. 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.

Concentrates on current clinical diagnosis and treatment
Presents a succinct guide to the field for all working with patients
Features algorithms, tables, and lists of key points as a handy resource

Professor Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FROR, Visiting Professor 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 and chairs the charity Radiotherapy UK, which acts as the secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy in the UK. She also Founded and Chairs the Global Coalition for 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 was Clinical Director for Cancer Services at Imperial Healthcare for over 20 years and founded the University of Buckingham Medical School, before creating a global network of integrated cancer centres.

Preface.
List of contributors
Introduction.

1. Central Nervous System. 2. Adult Ocular and Orbital (Ocular Adnexa) Tumors. 3. Head and Neck Cancer. 4. Thyroid. 5. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours. 6. Breast Cancer. 7. Thoracic Malignancies. 8. Esophageal Cancer. 9. Hepatocellular carcinoma. 10. Pancreatic Cancer. 11. Biliary tract cancer. 12. Gastric Cancer. 13. Bladder Cancer. 14. Prostate Cancer. 15. Colorectal. 16. Anal cancer. 17. Germ Cell Cancer of the Testis and Related Neoplasms. 18. Renal Cell Cancer. 19. Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer. 20. Endometrial Cancer. 21. Cervical Cancer. 22. Carcinoma of the Vagina and Vulva. 23. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. 24. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer. 25. Malignant melanoma. 26. Primary Bone Tumors. 27. Soft Tissue Sarcomas. 28. Leukemias. 29. Hodgkin Lymphoma. 30. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. 31. Multiple Myeloma. 32. Paediatric Oncology. 33. AIDS-related malignancy. 34. Clinical Cancer Genetics. 35. Lifestyle Factors in Cancer Survivorship. 36. Developments in Immunotherapy. 37. Advances and Innovation in Precision Radiotherapy. 38. Policy and Cancer Care.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.2.2025
Zusatzinfo	167 Tables, black and white; 53 Line drawings, color; 29 Line drawings, black and white; 61 Halftones, color; 48 Halftones, black and white; 90 Illustrations, color; 101 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
ISBN-10	1-032-55954-3 / 1032559543
ISBN-13	978-1-032-55954-4 / 9781032559544
Zustand	Neuware