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- Tip coperta:
- Paperback / softback
- Format:
- 246 mm x 189 mm
- Nr. pagini:
- 408
- Nr. ilustratii:
- Approx. 212 illustrations (117 in full color)
- Audienta:
This textbook of oncology is aimed at specialist registrars in the early phase of their training. Oncology is a medical specialty taught less well during the undergraduate and junior postgraduate years, hence new trainees often find it difficult to understand the basic cocepts of cancer practice. This book aims to address this issue. The contents give a concise account of the multidisciplinary mangement of common cancers and cancer-related problems appropriate to doctors at the start of their careers in this specialty. The content of the book will be based on latest available evidence and will also reflect the training guidelines.
Part I Basic principles of cancer management
Clinical approach to cancer patients
Principles of surgical oncology
Principles of radiotherapy
Principles of systemic therapy
Cancer genetics
Late effects of cancer treatment and survivorship
Palliative care and end of life
Part II: Site-specific cancer management
Cancer of head and neck
Cancers of thorax
Breast cancer
Cancers of gastrointestinal system
Cancers of genitourinary system
Cancers of female genital system
Cancers of the skin
Cancers of musculoskeletal system
Cancers of the central nervous sytem
Endocrine tumours
Cancers of unknown primary
Cancer during pregnancy
HIV-related cancers
Cancers of haematopoietic system
Paediatric, adolescent and young adult cancers
Management of oncologic emergencies
Management of radiotherapy side effects
Part III: Research in Oncology
Clinical trials in oncology
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of clinical research in cancer
Appendix: Glossary of common targets
Index
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Edited by: Helen Hatcher, Consultant in Medical and Teenage and Young Adult Oncology, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, UK.;
Edited by: Thankamma V Ajithkumar