This book records the developments of the past 20 years, during which knowledge of the biology of Hodgkin's disease has greatly increased and has been paralleled by new ideas on its management. Patients are more accurately selected for radiotherapy by lessons learned from staging laparotomy. Surgery can be avoided by management decisions taken with knowledge of prognostic factors of survival. Combination chemotherapy allows for the first time curative treatment for patients with advanced disease, and it has suggested new approaches to chemotherapy of other malignancies. Treatment choice has been influenced by the recent knowledge of the histopathology and cellular biology of Hodgkin's disease. This book is therefore timely, and the authors have produced a comprehensive text that covers the important and clinical aspects of the subject. It records the wide international range of views and serves as a survey of present knowledge.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 160 mm
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978-0-632-01335-7 (9780632013357)
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Histopathology of Hodgkin's disease; Hodgkin's disease: cell biology; Cytogenetic studies in Hodgkin's disease; The epidemiology of Hodgkin's disease; Clinical features of Hodgkin's disease; Radiological and other imaging methods; Staging laparotomy in Hodgkin's disease; Radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease; Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the management of Hodgkin's disease: indications and results; Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease; Immune deficiency and infectious complications of Hodgkin's disease; Infertility and gonadal function in Hodgkin's disease; Second malignancies and Hodgkin's disease; The psychological and social consequences of Hodgkin's disease and its treatment; Hodgkin's disease in children.
