Oncology : an illustrated colour text
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Oncology : an illustrated colour text
(An illustrated colour text)
Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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Note
Includes bibliographic references (p. 118) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A highly illustrated, introductory text on all aspects of oncology aimed at the non-specialist who needs a factual overview of cancer incidence and treatment. It covers the management of all the major cancers - including lung, breast, GI, Gynaecological, genitourinary, etc. - as well as general principles of patient management, the main treatment options for any form of cancer, oncological emergencies and palliative care.
. Succinctly written at a level suitable for students and trainees
. Includes information on clinical trials, statistics and screening
. Provides a source of quick-reference data, including abbreviations, glossary, additional reading and important information sources
Table of Contents
The Oncology patient
. History and clinical examination
. Investigations
. Staging and survival statistics
Therapeutic options
. Chemotherapy
. Radiotherapy
. Targeted therapy
. Surgical oncology
Breast Cancer
. Breast cancer
. Carcinoma in situ and early breast cancer
. Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC)and inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)
Lung cancer
. Lung cancer
. Non-small cell lung cancer
. Small cell lung cancer
. Mesothelioma
Gastrointestinal cancers
. Colorectal cancer
. Gastric cancer
. Oesophageal cancer
. Anal canal cancer
. Hepatobiliary malignancies
Gynaecological cancers
. Cervical cancer
. Uterine cancer
. Ovarian cancer
. Lower tract gynaecological cancers
. Gestational trophoblastic disease
Genitourinary cancers
. Kidney cancer
. Prostate cancer
. Testisticular cancer
. Other genitourinary cancers
Head and neck cancer
. Head and neck cancer 1
. Head and neck cancer 2
. Head and neck cancer 3
Haematological cancer
. Acute leukaemia
. Chronic leukaemia
. Plasma cell dyscrasias
. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
. Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL)
Malignancy in childhood
. Paediatric oncology
. Primary central nervous system malignancy in children
. Neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma
Other sites
. Skin cancers
. Endocrine cancer
. Primary central nervous system cancer in adults
. Primary bone cancer
. Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP)
Oncological emergencies
. Neutropenic sepsis
. Spinal cord compression
. Superior vena cava obstruction
. Metabolic emergencies
Palliative care
. Pain management
. Specific metatastic conditions
. End of life issues
Other topics
. Cancer genetics
. Late effects of treatment
. Pregnancy and cancer
. Paraneoplastic syndromes
. Immunosuppression and malignancy
. Clinical trials
. Cancer screening
Additional reading and sources of information
Glossary
Subject index
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