Tobias, Jeffrey S.

Cancer and its management / Jeffrey Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser. - 6th ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 560 pages) : illustrations

Revised edition of: Cancer and its management / Robert Souhami, Jeffrey Tobias. 5th ed. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cancer and itsmanagement; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 The modern management of cancer: an introductory note; 2 Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening; 3 Biology of cancer; 4 Staging of tumours; 5 Radiotherapy; 6 Systemic treatment for cancer; 7 Supportive care and symptom relief; 8 Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies; 9 Paraneoplastic syndromes; 10 Cancer of the head and neck; 11 Brain and spinal cord; 12 Tumours of the lung and mediastinum; 13 Breast cancer; 14 Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach.

This edition contains up-to-date information on the molecular classification of lymphomas, reappraisal of the role of surgery and chemotherapy in diseases such as breast cancer, and the increased use of treatment such as haemopoietic growth factors.

9781444306378 1444306375 9781444306361 1444306367 9781118713266 1118713265


Cancer--Treatment.
Cancer--Diagnosis.
Neoplasms--Therapy.
Neoplasms--Diagnosis.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

RC270.8 / .S68 2010eb

616.99/4

QZ 266 / T629c 2010