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Cancer facts : a concise oncology text / edited by James F. Bishop.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam : Harwood Academic, 1999.Description: 433p., [9]p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789057024702 (pbk.) :
  • 9789057023651 (hbk.) :
  • 9057024705
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73698 BIS
Contents:
PART 1: THE INCIDENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF CANCER:- 1. Cancer incidence, mortality and trends--2. Tumour pathology--3.Molecular basis of carcinogenesis--4. Genetic changes in cancer--5.Genetic counselling for cancer risk--6. Cancer prevention, screening and early detection--PART II: THE PRINCIPLES OF CANCER TREATMENT:- Radiology: Its relevance to treatment--8. Principles of radiotherapy--9. Principles of chemotherapy--10. Actions of anti-cancer drugs--11. New anti-cancer agents--12. Hormonal therapy of cancer--13. Drug resistance--14. Principles of surgical oncology--15. Principles of Palliative Care--PART III: SYMPTOM CONTROL AND QUALITY OF LIFE:- 16. Anti-emetics and symptom Control--17. Pain management--18. Measurement of Quality of Life in Cancer--PART IV: LUNG CANCER:- Fast Fact Sheet 1- Lung Cancer--19. Non-small cell lung cancer: Surgical Management--20. Non-small cell lung cancer: Radiation therapy--21. Non-small cell lung cancer: Chemotherapy--22. Small cell lung cancer--PART V: BREAST CANCER:- Fast Fact Sheet 2 - Breast cancer--23. Early breast cancer: Surgical management--24. Early breast cancer: Adjuvant Therapy--25. Radiotherapy in the management of breast cancer--26. Locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer--PART VI: GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS:- 27. Upper gastrointestinal malignancy: Surgical management--28. Upper gastrointestinal malignancy: Systemic Therapy--Fast Fact Sheet 3 - Colorectal cancer--29. Colorectal cancer: surgical management--30. Colorectal cancer: systemic therapy--31. Hepatocellular carcinoma--PART VII: UROGENTIAL CANCERS:- Fast Fact Sheet 4 - Prostate cancer--32. Cancers of the urogenital tract: Surgical management--33. Cancers of the Urogenital tract: systemic and radiation treatment--34. Germ cell tumours--PART VIII: GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS:- 35. Gynaecological cancers: Surgical Management--36. Gynaecological cancers: systemic treatment--PART IX: HEAD AND NECK CANCERS:-37. Head and neck cancers: surgical management--38. Head and neck cancers:radiation therapy--39. Head and neck cancers: systemic therapy--40. Nasopharyngeal cancers--PART X: MELANOMA:- Fast Fact Sheet 5:- Melanoma--41. Melanoma and other skin cancers--42. Melanoma: systemic therapy--PART XI: HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES:- 43. Molecular Genetics of Haematological diseases--44. Haematopoietic growth factors in Oncology--45. The acute leukaemias--46. Chronic leukaemias and Myelodysplastic disease--47. Lymphoma--48. Multiple myeloma--49. Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation--PART XII: MISCELLANEOUS CANCERS:- 50. Sarcomas: Diagnosis and surgery--51. Sarcoma: Systemic treatment--52. Tumours of the central nervous system--Fast Fact Sheet 6: Tumours of the endocrine system--53. Tumours of the Endocrine system--54. Paediatric cancer--55. Cancers in AIDS patients--56. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin--PART XIII: COMPLICATIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS:- 57. Oncological emergencies--58. Infections in cancer patients--PART XIV: PSYCHO-SOCIAL ISSUES IN CANCER:- 59. Breaking bad news--60. Patient\'s expectations of cancer--61. Working with cancer patients--62. Medical statistics and clinical trials.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART 1: THE INCIDENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF CANCER:- 1. Cancer incidence, mortality and trends--2. Tumour pathology--3.Molecular basis of carcinogenesis--4. Genetic changes in cancer--5.Genetic counselling for cancer risk--6. Cancer prevention, screening and early detection--PART II: THE PRINCIPLES OF CANCER TREATMENT:- Radiology: Its relevance to treatment--8. Principles of radiotherapy--9. Principles of chemotherapy--10. Actions of anti-cancer drugs--11. New anti-cancer agents--12. Hormonal therapy of cancer--13. Drug resistance--14. Principles of surgical oncology--15. Principles of Palliative Care--PART III: SYMPTOM CONTROL AND QUALITY OF LIFE:- 16. Anti-emetics and symptom Control--17. Pain management--18. Measurement of Quality of Life in Cancer--PART IV: LUNG CANCER:- Fast Fact Sheet 1- Lung Cancer--19. Non-small cell lung cancer: Surgical Management--20. Non-small cell lung cancer: Radiation therapy--21. Non-small cell lung cancer: Chemotherapy--22. Small cell lung cancer--PART V: BREAST CANCER:- Fast Fact Sheet 2 - Breast cancer--23. Early breast cancer: Surgical management--24. Early breast cancer: Adjuvant Therapy--25. Radiotherapy in the management of breast cancer--26. Locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer--PART VI: GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS:- 27. Upper gastrointestinal malignancy: Surgical management--28. Upper gastrointestinal malignancy: Systemic Therapy--Fast Fact Sheet 3 - Colorectal cancer--29. Colorectal cancer: surgical management--30. Colorectal cancer: systemic therapy--31. Hepatocellular carcinoma--PART VII: UROGENTIAL CANCERS:- Fast Fact Sheet 4 - Prostate cancer--32. Cancers of the urogenital tract: Surgical management--33. Cancers of the Urogenital tract: systemic and radiation treatment--34. Germ cell tumours--PART VIII: GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS:- 35. Gynaecological cancers: Surgical Management--36. Gynaecological cancers: systemic treatment--PART IX: HEAD AND NECK CANCERS:-37. Head and neck cancers: surgical management--38. Head and neck cancers:radiation therapy--39. Head and neck cancers: systemic therapy--40. Nasopharyngeal cancers--PART X: MELANOMA:- Fast Fact Sheet 5:- Melanoma--41. Melanoma and other skin cancers--42. Melanoma: systemic therapy--PART XI: HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES:- 43. Molecular Genetics of Haematological diseases--44. Haematopoietic growth factors in Oncology--45. The acute leukaemias--46. Chronic leukaemias and Myelodysplastic disease--47. Lymphoma--48. Multiple myeloma--49. Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation--PART XII: MISCELLANEOUS CANCERS:- 50. Sarcomas: Diagnosis and surgery--51. Sarcoma: Systemic treatment--52. Tumours of the central nervous system--Fast Fact Sheet 6: Tumours of the endocrine system--53. Tumours of the Endocrine system--54. Paediatric cancer--55. Cancers in AIDS patients--56. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin--PART XIII: COMPLICATIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS:- 57. Oncological emergencies--58. Infections in cancer patients--PART XIV: PSYCHO-SOCIAL ISSUES IN CANCER:- 59. Breaking bad news--60. Patient\'s expectations of cancer--61. Working with cancer patients--62. Medical statistics and clinical trials.

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