Since the first edition was published in 1982, Treatment of Cancer has become a standard text for postgraduate physicians in the UK and beyond, providing 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, whilst being thoroughly revised and updated, and 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.Treatment of Cancer surpasses other oncology texts in condensing the essential information for exemplary cancer care into one readable and accessible guide, and will be an invaluable addition to the bookshelves of the busy oncologist in training or in practice.
Author(s): Pat Price, Karol Sikora, Tim Illidge
Edition: 5
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 1488
Book title......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Colour plates......Page 754
Contributors......Page 7
Foreword......Page 15
Preface......Page 16
List of abbreviations used......Page 17
Reference annotation......Page 24
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES......Page 26
1 Introduction......Page 28
2 Molecular Biology......Page 48
3 Clinical radiobiology......Page 65
4 Mathematical modelling and its application in oncology......Page 83
5 Principles of chemotherapy and drug development......Page 100
6 Tumour imaging in oncology......Page 137
7 Interventional radiology......Page 171
8 Vaccination strategies for malignant diseases......Page 192
9 Biological therapies: cytokines and adoptive cell therapy......Page 211
10 Radioimmunotherapy......Page 228
11 Monoclonal antibodies and treatment of cancer......Page 251
12 Angiogenesis as a target for the treatment of cancer......Page 276
13 Gene therapy......Page 294
PART TWO: PRACTICE......Page 310
14 Central nervous system......Page 312
15 Ocular and adnexal tumours......Page 345
16 Head and neck cancer......Page 368
17 Thyroid......Page 433
18 Endocrine cancer......Page 463
19 Breast cancer......Page 493
20 Bronchus......Page 527
21 Oesophageal cancer......Page 564
22 Liver......Page 584
23 Pancreas......Page 598
24 Biliary tract......Page 610
25 Stomach......Page 627
26 Bladder cancer......Page 639
27 Prostate cancer......Page 670
28 Colorectal cancer......Page 691
29 Anus......Page 720
30 Germ-cell cancers of the testis and related neoplasms......Page 731
31 Renal cell cancer......Page 758
32 Ovary and fallopian tubes......Page 777
33 Uterus......Page 793
34 Cervix......Page 806
35 Carcinoma of the vagina and vulva......Page 825
36 Gestational trophoblastic tumours......Page 838
37 Non-melanoma skin cancer......Page 864
38 Malignant melanoma......Page 908
39 Bone......Page 934
40 Soft tissue sarcomas......Page 953
41 Leukaemias......Page 1010
42 Hodgkin’s lymphoma......Page 1056
43 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma......Page 1074
44 Multiple myeloma......Page 1102
45 Introduction to haematopoietic stem cell transplantation......Page 1127
46 Paediatric oncology......Page 1147
47 AIDS-related malignancy......Page 1196
PART THREE: MANAGEMENT......Page 1216
48 Medical care......Page 1218
49 Interstitial brachytherapy......Page 1239
50 Principles of external beam radiotherapy planning techniques......Page 1262
51 Conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy and image-guided radiotherapy......Page 1283
52 Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy principles and management......Page 1309
53 Palliative care......Page 1319
54 Communications with the cancer patient......Page 1334
55 Clinical cancer genetics......Page 1347
56 Large-scale randomized evidence: trials and overviews......Page 1367
57 The economics of cancer care......Page 1381
58 Medical audit......Page 1394
59 The organisation of cancer services: a UK perspective......Page 1406
60 New drug development......Page 1436
61 Late effects of cancer therapy......Page 1444
62 Surgical oncology......Page 1452
63 Cancer prevention strategies......Page 1462
A......Page 1474
B......Page 1476
C......Page 1479
D......Page 1485
E......Page 1486
F......Page 1488
G......Page 1489
H......Page 1491
I......Page 1493
L......Page 1495
M......Page 1497
N......Page 1500
O......Page 1502
P......Page 1503
Q......Page 1506
R......Page 1507
S......Page 1509
T......Page 1512
U......Page 1514
V......Page 1515
X......Page 1516
Z......Page 1517
