Description
Book SynopsisNow in its seventh edition, this highly-regarded book is designed as an introductory and reference text on the principles of diagnosis, staging, and treatment of tumors.
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Acknowedgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
1 The Modern Management of Cancer: An Introductory Note 1
2 Epidemiology, Cure, Treatment Trials and Screening 7
3 Biology of Cancer 25
4 Staging of Tumours 44
5 Radiotherapy 60
6 Systemic Treatment for Cancer 81
7 Supportive Care and Symptom Relief 113
8 Medical Problems and Radiotherapy Emergencies 130
9 Paraneoplastic Syndromes 148
10 Cancer of the Head and Neck 158
11 Brain and Spinal Cord 184
12 Tumours of the Lung and Mediastinum 209
13 Breast Cancer 237
14 Cancer of the Oesophagus and Stomach 275
15 Cancer of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas 290
16 Tumours of the Small and Large Bowel 308
17 Gynaecological Cancer 321
18 Genitourinary Cancer 355
19 Testicular Cancer 388
20 Thyroid and Adrenal Cancer 406
21 Cancer from an Unknown Primary Site 421
22 Skin Cancer 426
23 Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas 446
24 Paediatric Malignancies 470
25 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 497
26 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas 516
27 Myeloma and Other Paraproteinaemias 545
28 Leukaemia 560
Index 585
