Cancer and its Management

This book is an excellent practical text that presents information on all the major cancers in a clear, concise, and coherent way. Each chapter covers screening, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, staging, management, and prognosis of a specific cancer. This problem-oriented approach makes the book ideal for use in the clinical setting. The sixth edition features up-to-date information on the most recent techniques and therapies and coverage of controversial topics, such as screening, genetic testing, prevention, and AIDS-related cancers.

Professor Jeffrey Tobias, Professor in Cancer Medicine, The Meyerstein Institute of Oncology, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

Professor Daniel Hochhauser, Kathleen Ferrier Professor of Medical Oncology, University College London and Consultant in Medical Oncology, University College Hospital, London, UK

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
The modern management of cancer: an introductory note	p. 1
Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening	p. 7
Biology of cancer	p. 25
Staging of tumours	p. 43
Radiotherapy	p. 58
Systemic treatment for cancer	p. 77
Supportive care and symptom relief	p. 107
Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies	p. 122
Paraneoplastic syndromes	p. 139
Cancer of the head and neck	p. 148
Brain and spinal cord	p. 173
Tumours of the lung and mediastinum	p. 197
Breast cancer	p. 223
Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach	p. 254
Cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas	p. 269
Tumours of the small and large bowel	p. 285
Gynaecological cancer	p. 297
Genitourinary cancer	p. 328
Testicular cancer	p. 357
Thyroid and adrenal cancer	p. 374
Cancer from an unknown primary site	p. 388
Skin cancer	p. 393
Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas	p. 411
Paediatric malignancies	p. 432
Hodgkin's disease	p. 455
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas	p. 473
Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias	p. 500
Leukaemia	p. 514
Index	p. 537
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