Cancer and Its Management

by SOUHAMI (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $7.36

  This volume is a personal account of contemporary cancer management. It 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 chapters review the mechanisms of tumour development, cancer treatment and supportive care, and 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. This second edition follows the same format as the first. There are nine general chapters introducing cancer biology, the principles of cancer treatment, staging, supportive care, paraneoplastic syndromes. Sixteen site-specific chapters follow. Each contain a discussion of aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, staging and management.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.46

  This is a highly acclaimed comprehensive and practical text covering the principles and practice of the management of cancer. Why buy this book? It includes up-to-date information on the most recent techniques and therapies available. It is a comprehensive and practical reference source of both common and rarer forms of cancer. It highlights frequent dilemmas and difficulties encountered during cancer management. It covers controversial topics including screening, genetic testing, prevention and AIDS-related cancers. It provides the reader with fundamental knowledge about oncogenes, epidemiology and staging, through to basic actions of different treatment modalities. Cancer and Its Management is ideal for all those concerned with he management of cancer: surgical, clinical and medical oncologists - both consultants and trainees; nursing staff with an interest in cancer; and, general practitioners, and medical, nursing and pharmacy students. 'This book is exactly what was needed. All in all, this book is destined to become a classic' - The Lancet . '...should be compulsory reading for all would-be cancer specialists. The authors' discussion of controversial topics...is excellent' - British Medical Journal . 'This is, without exaggeration, the book when it comes to Cancer...All in all, the Cancer Bible' - Microscope (Nottingham University Medical School Gazette).