Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of cancer management. Beginning with an introduction to medical oncology and its management, the following sections examine common types of cancer and their chemo- and radiation therapies. More than 200 images and illustrations are included to assist understanding.
Table of ContentsSection-A: Medical Oncology.
1. Concepts of Cancer Chemotherapy
2. Chemotherapeutic Drugs
4. New Hope with Gene Therapy
5. Side Effects of Chemotherapy
6. Hormone Treatment in Cancer
Section-B: General Management in Oncology.
7. Management of Cancer Pain
8. Management of Anemia
9. Management of Bleeding in Cancer Patient’s
10. Role of Steroids in Cancer
11. Role of Antacids
Section-C: Common Cancer and its Management.
12. Management of Cervical Cancer
13. Breast Cancer Management
14. Palliative Treatment in Breast Cancer
15. Head and Neck Cancer
16. Ovarian Cancer
17. Endometrial Cancer
18. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
19. Non-Hodgkin’s
20. Gallbladder Cancer
21. Lung Cancer
22. Carcinoma Larynx
23. Nasopharynx Carcinoma (NPC)
24. Thyroid Cancer
25. Leukemia.
26. Neuroendocrine Tumor
Section-D: Radiation Oncology
27. Radioactivity
28. Measurement of X-ray
29. Principles of Radiation Therapy
30. Time, Dose and Fractionation in Radiotherapy
31. Effects of Radiation on Normal Human Tissue
32. Latest Radiotherapy Technique
33. Imaging in Oncology
34. Radiation Oncologist with Benign Tumors
Bibliography
Index
