Oncology (eBook)

Mark Bower, Jonathan Waxman (Autoren)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-29301-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Cancer is one of the most rapidly changing areas of medicine, affecting ever-increasing numbers of people, and this new edition of Lecture Notes: Oncology brings together all the information a medical student or graduate clinician needs in one accessible volume. It covers the scientific basis and social impact of cancer, describes the origins and presentations of cancer on a regional and system basis, and discusses the fundamentals of oncology treatment and patient management.

Including a new section on epigenetics, clinical vignettes, clear illustrations, tables and diagrams, as well as a self-test section of MCQs, Lecture Notes: Oncology provides core knowledge for professionals involved in cancer care.

Autor

Mark Bower is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Chelsea& Westminster Hospital in London and an Honorary SeniorLecturer in Oncology and undergraduate oncology curriculum modulecoordinator at the Imperial College School of Medicine. He is alsothe programme director and educational supervisor for all SpRs onthe West London oncology rotation. Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at theHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London.He is a highly experienced clinician who has developed newtreatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. Heis the author of 250 research papers and chapters, and of elevenbooks on cancer.

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Table of Contents 7
Preface to the second edition 8
Part 1:Introduction to oncology 9
What is cancer? 11
The scientific basis of cancer 26
The principles of cancer treatment 51
Cancer andpeople 86
Part 2:Types of cancer 95
Breast cancer 97
Central nervous system cancers 104
Gastrointestinal cancers 111
Oesophageal cancer 112
Gastric cancer 115
Hepatobiliary cancer 118
Pancreatic cancer 123
Colorectal cancer 128
Genitourinary cancers 134
Kidney cancer 135
Bladder cancer 140
Prostate cancer 145
Testis cancer 152
Gynaecological cancers 157
Gestational trophoblastic disease 158
Cervical cancer 161
Endometrial cancer 165
Ovarian cancer 167
Head and neck cancers 171
Endocrine cancers 176
Thyroid cancer 178
Adrenal cancers 180
Carcinoid tumours 182
Pituitary tumours 185
Parathyroid cancers 187
Thoracic cancers 188
Lung cancer 189
Mesothelioma 194
Haematological cancers 197
The leukaemias 198
Hodgkin’s disease 203
Non hodgkin ’s lymphoma 207
Myeloma 213
Skin cancer 217
Non melanoma skin tumours 218
Melanoma 221
Paediatric solid tumours 224
Bone cancers and sarcomas 230
Unknown primary cancer 237
Immunodeficiency and cancer 243
Part 3:The practice of oncology 249
Paraneoplastic complications of cancer 251
Oncological emergencies 262
End of life care 276
Self assessment mcqs 281
Answers to mcqs 285
Index 286

Rezensionen

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Lecture Notes
• Reihe/Serie: Lecture Notes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Schlagworte: accessible • Breast • Cancer • Central • difficult • directly • Edition • Foundation Year • Information • Introduction • Medical Science • Medizin • Oncology & Radiotherapy • Onkologie • Onkologie u. Strahlentherapie • Part • People • Principles • scientific basis • Second • source • Specialist • students • systembased • topic • Treatment
• ISBN-10: 1-118-29301-0 / 1118293010
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-29301-0 / 9781118293010