Cancer in Children
4th Edition
Published on 1. May 1998
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-0-19-262897-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cancer in Children covers the aetiology, symptoms and treatment of cancer in children. It looks at the possible complications that can arise during treatment and examines the various outcomes of the illness. A new edition of a leading text which discusses the practical problems in paediatric oncology, this book has been extensively updated by international contributors to include the latest research findings.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
black and white photographs, line figures and tables
ISBN-13
978-0-19-262897-8 (9780192628978)
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Other editions
New editions
Book
11/2005
5th Edition
Oxford University Press
€92.85
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Book
1992
3rd Edition
Springer
€74.90
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Persons
Content
1. The Epidemiology of Cancer in Children; 2. Genetic Elements of childhood cancer; 3. Molecular basis of childhood cancer Principles of cancer chemotherapy in children; 4. Radiotherapy; 5. The supportive care of children receiving treatment for cancer; 6. Late and very late effects of therapy - towards lifetime follow-up of cured patients; 7. Acute leukaemias in chidhood; 8. Non Hodgkin's Lymphomas; 9. Hodgkin's disease; 10. Langerhans cell histiocytosis; 11. Tumours of the central nervous system; 12. Rhabdomyosarcoma; 13. Osteosarcoma; 14. Ewing's sarcoma; 15. Nephroblastoma; 16. Neuroblastoma; 17. Germ cell tumours in childhood; 18. Hepatic tumours; 19. Retinoblastoma; 20. Rare tumours