Cancer will affect at least one in three of the population. CONCISE CLINICAL ONCOLOGY gives an accurate, reader-friendly overview of the modern management of cancer in the UK. The book contains appendices with information on radiation tolerance of normal tissues, an a-z of commonly used chemotherapy drugs, useful cancer-related websites, and definitions of performance status.
Section one - Principles of Oncology 1. Introduction - The cancer problem 2. Basic cancer biology 3. Principles of cancer pathology 4. Principles of surgical oncology 5. rinciples of radiotherapy 6. Principles of systemic therapy 7. Principles of radiology 8. Principles of symptom management in oncology and palliative care 9. Clinical trials in oncology 10. Principles of cancer screening
Section two - A-Z of cancers 11. Adrenal cancer 12. AIDS related cancer 13. Anal cancer 14. Bladder cancer 15. Brain tumours 16. Breast cancer 17. Carcinoma of unknown primary site 18. Carcinoid and other neuroendocrine tumours 19. Cervical cancer 20. Colorectal cancer 21. Endometrial cancer 22. Gastric cancer 23. Head and neck cancer 24. Hepatobiliary cancer 25. Hodgkins lymphoma 26. Leukaemia - acute 27. Leukaemia - chronic 28. Lung cancer 29. Malignant mesothelioma 30. Melanoma 31. Multiple myeloma 32. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma 33. Oesophageal cancer 34. Ovarian cancer 35. Paediatric oncology 36. Pancreatic cancer 37. Penis cancer 38. Prostate cancer 39. Renal cancer 40. Sarcomas of bone 41. Sarcomas of soft tissue 42. Skin cancer - non-melanoma 43. Small bowel cancer 44. Testicular cancer 45. Thyroid cancer 46. Vaginal cancer 47. Vulval cancer
Section three - Complications of cancer and emergencies 48. Bone metastases 49. Brain metastases 50. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis 51. Liver metastases 52. Malignant ascites 53. Malignant bowel obstruction 54. Malignant pericardial effusions 55. Malignant pleural effusions 56. Metabolic problems in cancer 57. Paraneoplastic syndromes 58. Problems in advanced pelvic malignancy 59. Pulmonary metastases 60. Spinal cord compression 61. Superior vena cava obstruction
Appendix 1. Normal tissue tolerances to radiotherapy 2. A-Z of commonly used chemotherapy drugs 3. Useful oncology related websites 4. Performance status
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