Cancer and Its Management

by Jeffrey Tobias (Author), Robert Souhami (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $5.86

  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).

• 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