Cancer Screening
A Practical Guide for Physicians
Published on 26. November 2001
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 324 pages
978-0-89603-865-3 (ISBN)
Description
In Cancer Screening: A Practical Guide for Physicians, a panel of highly experienced clinicians and researchers from around the world present their up-to-date screening techniques for a wide variety of cancers. The techniques range from screening for breast, gynecological, and gastrointestinal cancers, to testing for urogenital, dermatological, and respiratory cancers. In addition to providing the busy practitioner with quick access to guidelines for particular cancers, the epidemiology and biology of the various cancers, as well as the sensitivity and specificity of the methods, are discussed in detail. Authoritative and physician-friendly, Cancer Screening: A Practical Guide for Physicians offers to all internists, oncologists, various subspecialists, and primary care physicians a concise practical review of cancer screening designed specifically for daily use in the consulting room.
Reviews / Votes
"Here, an international panel of experts describe screening techniques and provide concise summaries of current guidelines." - Consultant"This is a very interesting and useful book. It covers a wide variety of cancers and gives a thorough overview of them...This text would be a useful addition to an institutional library where it could be used by medical students coming to terms with cancer care and screening. This is an up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the area and, as such, I would recommend it." - Cancer Forum
"This is really an easy-to-read book which can be helpful daily in the consulting room of oncologists, internists, various specialists and primary care physicians, as well as those responsible for the development of public health policies." - Neoplasma
"I was impressed with the objectivity of most chapters. Prostate and colorectal screening chapters were very clearly done using evidence-based data. The skin cancer screening chapter was very well illustrated with sound recommendations." - Oncology
More details
Series
Edition
2002 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Totowa
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XVIII, 324 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
657 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89603-865-3 (9780896038653)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-59259-191-6
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2011
Humana Press Inc.
€160.49
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Content
I Introduction.- 1 Principles of Cancer Screening.- II Screening for Breast and Gynecological Cancers.- 2 Screening for Breast Cancer.- 3 Screening for Cervical Cancer.- 4 Screening for Ovarian Cancer.- 5 Screening for Endometrial Cancer.- III Screening for Gastrointestinal Cancers.- 6 Screening for Colorectal Cancer.- 7 Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 8 Screening for Oropharyngeal Cancer.- IV Screening for Urogenital Cancers.- 9 Screening for Prostate Cancer.- 10 Screening for Testicular Cancer.- V Dermatological Cancers.- 11 Screening for Skin Cancer.- VI Screening for Respiratory Cancers.- 12 Screening for Lung Cancer.- VII Screening for Cancers in High-Risk Groups.- 13 Screening for Esophageal Cancer in High Risk Groups: Barrett's Esophagus.- 14 Screening for Esophageal Cancer in China.- 15 Screening for Liver Cancer in China.- 16 Screening for Gastric Cancer in Japan.- VIII Future Prospects in Cancer Screening.- 17 Advanced Imaging Technology for Future Cancer Screening.- 18 Molecular Genetics and Cancer Screening: Current Status and Future Prospects.- IX Medicolegal Aspects of Cancer Screening.- 19 Medicolegal Issues in Cancer Screening.