Cancer and Its Management
Published on 29. August 1986
Book
Hardback
534 pages
978-0-632-01373-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cancer and its Management is a personal account of contemporary cancer management by two eminent UK experts. The book gives a thorough working knowledge of the principles of diagnosis, staging and treatment of the disease, and is biased towards areas of growth, controversy and developments. The first nine chapters review the mechanisms of tumour development, cancer treatment and supportive care. Subsequent chapters describe the principles of management of the major cancers. The pathology, mode of spread, clinical presentation, staging and radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment of each tumour are detailed, and the principles of surgery outlined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
221 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-632-01373-9 (9780632013739)
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Content
The modern management of cancer: an introductory note; Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials; Biology of cancer; Staging of tumours; Radiotherapy; Systemic treatment for cancer; Supportive care and symptom relief; Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies; Hormonal and paraneoplastic syndromes; Cancer of the head and neck; Tumours of the nervous system; Tumours of the lung and mediastinum; Breast cancer; Carcinoma of the oesophagus and stomach; Cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas; Tumours of the small and large bowel; Gynaecological cancer; Genito-urinary cancer; Testicular tumours; Thyroid and adrenal cancer; Metastases from an unknown primary site; Skin cancer; Bone and soft tissue sarcoma; Paediatric malignancies; Hodgkin's disease; Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas; Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias; Leukaemia.