Cancer and Its Management

by SOUHAMI (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $6.82

  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
  2002

  $3.25

  Integrating basic science with fundamental clinical knowledge, Cancer and its management is a comprehensive text covering the principles and practice of the management of cancer. This highly acclaimed text has been extensively revised to include the latest developments in this rapidly changing field. The fourth edition:

  • includes up-to-date information on the most recent techniques and therapies available
  • is a comprehensive and practical reference source of both common and rarer forms of cancer
  • includes new chapters on 'controversial' topics, including screening, genetic testing, prevention and AIDS-related cancers
  • highlights frequent dilemmas and difficulties encountered during cancer management