Description:

"Clinical Oncology' has established itself as a comprehensive yet concise textbook covering modern cancer treatment. This is a unique text conveying the whole breadth of cancer medicine from epidemiology, aetiology, pathology and presentation through to staging, management and prognosis for any chosen malignancy.
The inclusion of over 150 high quality illustrations alongside new clinical trial boxes will assist the reader in understanding the field of clinical oncology and the contemporary and multi-disciplinary management of cancer patients.
'Clinical Oncology' will prove an invaluable text for undergraduate medical students and health care professionals dealing with cancer patients, particularly nurses and therapy radiographers, and will serve as an update for qualified doctors outside the speciality."


Contents:

Pathogenesis of cancer
Principles of cancer diagnosis and staging
Decision making
Principles of surgical oncology
Principles of radiotherapy
Principles of systematic treatment: chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy
Lung cancer and mesothelioma
Breast cancer
Gastrointestinal cancer
Urological cancer
Gynaecological cancer
CNS tumour
Head and neck cancer
Endocrine tumours
Sarcomas
Lymphoma
Haematological malignancy
Paediatric cancer
Skin cancer
AIDS-related cancer
Carcinoma of unknown primary
Oncological emergencies
Palliative care.