Treatment of Cancer

Mandatory reading for clinical oncologists and anyone else who works with cancer patients

This classic text provides all information necessary for modern cancer management in one comprehensive but accessible volume. By inviting experts from a number of disciplines to share their knowledge, the editors have succeeded in delivering a truly integrated approach to the care fo the patient with cancer.

This fifth edition adopts the successful structure of the previous editions, and is revised and updated with several completely new chapters covering important topics such as drug development, cancer prevention, and economics of cancer care, as well as treatments such as radioimmunotherapy, biological therapies and antibody therapy.

Part One considers the scientific basis and fundamental principles underlying cancer treatment and examines the likely developments that will occur over the next decade at the leading edge of oncology. Part Two is divided into two sections; the first covering general issues of cancer management, including planning techniques, concomitent chemoradiotherapy, surgical oncology and palliative care; and the second using a system-based approach to cover the clinical aspects and management plans for the whole spectrum of malignant disease.

• Hodder Arnold Doody's Premier Titles Collection 2012( Prod-11684)
• Hodder Arnold eBook Collection 2011( Prod-10639)

• Author/Editor: Price, Pat; Sikora, Karol; Illidge, Tim
• ISBN/ISSN: 9780340912218
• Specialty: Internal Medicine
• Language:English
• Edition: 5th
• Pages: 1488
• Illustrations: 362
• Year: 2008