Description
Written by clinicians from the National Cancer Institute and other leading institutions, this comprehensive, clear, concise oncology handbook is designed specifically for quick bedside consultation. It covers all malignancies and offers busy clinicians practical guidelines on daily patient management, including commonly used treatment regimens and chemotherapy dosing and schedules. The user-friendly format features tables, charts, bullet points, and algorithms.
The thoroughly updated Third Edition places an increased emphasis on practical clinical information, and includes new chemotherapeutic agents, dosages, and treatment regimens and the latest clinical trials data. New chapters focus on basic genomics for practicing oncologists and basic principles of radiation. The succinct yet detailed presentation is ideal for board review as well as clinical reference.
Features
-- Basics of Genomics for Practicing Oncologists
-- Basic Principles of Radiation Oncology
--NEW!: New treatment regimens added to all appropriate chapters
--NEW!: New clinical trial data added on treatment
--NEW!: More chemotherapeutic agents added, including newer regimens and dosages
--Clear, concise, complete reference book for busy clinician for daily patient management
--User-friendly formatting--tables, algorithms, charts, bullet points
--Contributors all from National Institutes of Health, or they trained there
--Great for board exams
--Organized by body region
About the Author(s)
- James L Gulley MD, PhD, FACP
- Director, Clinical Trials Group, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology and Senior Clinician, Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Carmen J Allegra MD
- Professor and Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Associate Director for Clinical and Translational Research, Shands/University of Florida Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Specs
- Edition: Third
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781795586
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
- Pages: 688
- Pub Date: Sep 4, 2009
- Weight: 2.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
HEAD AND NECK: Head and Neck Cancer, Dexter Estrada, Carter VanWaes, Janaki Moni, and Barbara A. Conley
THORAX: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Ronan Kelly, Martin Gutierrez, and Giuseppe Giaccone / Small Cell Lung Cancer, Elizabeth Smyth and Oscar S. Breathnach
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: Esophageal Cancer, Syed I. Haidar and Gregory D. Leonard / Gastric Cancer, Thomas J. George, Jr. / Biliary Tract Cancer, Linda E. Coate and Gregory D. Leonard / Primary Cancers of the Liver, Syed J. Asghar, Gregory D. Leonard, and Carmen Allegra / Colorectal Cancer, Thomas J. George, Jr. and Carmen J. Allegra / Pancreatic Cancer, George P. Kim / Anal Cancer, Muhammad Wasif Saif and Bryan W. Chang / Other Gastrointestinal Tumors, Muhammad Wasif SaifBREAST: Breast Cancer, Manish Sharma and Jame Abraham
GENITOURINARY: Renal Cell Cancer, Ramaprasad Srinivasan, Inger L. Rosner, and W. Marston Linehan / Prostate Cancer, James L. Gulley and William L. Dahut / Bladder Cancer, Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching and William L. Dahut / Testicular Carcinoma, Ravi A. Madan and Barnett S. Kramer
GYNECOLOGIC: Ovarian Cancer, Nilofer S. Azad, David Adelberg, and Elise C. Kohn / Endometrial Cancer, Christina M. Annunziata and Michael J. Birrer / Cervical Cancer, Alyssa C. Perroy and Herbert L. Kotz / Vulvar Cancer, Christina M. Annunziata and Michael J. Birrer
MUSCULOSKELETAL: Sarcomas and Malignancies of the Bone, Patrick J. Mansky and Lee Helman
SKIN CANCER: Skin Cancer and Melanoma, Upendra P. Hegde, Barry Gause, and Sewa S. Legha
HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES: Acute Leukemias, Aaron Cumpston and Michael Craig / Chronic Lymphoid Leukemias, Saad Jamshed and Bruce D. Cheson / Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Ebru Koca and Muzaffar H. Qazilbash / Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases, Manish Monga and Marcel P. Devetten / Multiple Myeloma, Sattva S. Neelapu and Cynthia E. Dunbar / Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Wyndham Wilson / Hodgkin's Disease, Ayman Saad, Michael Craig, and Wyndham Wilson / Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Akm Hossain, Michael Craig, and Richard Childs
OTHER MALIGNANCIES: Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Hung T. Khong / Central Nervous System Tumors, Scott Miller and Patrick J. Mansky / Endocrine Tumors, Michael E. Menefee, Richard L. Piekarz, and Tito Fojo
SUPPORTIVE CARE: Hematopoietic Growth Factors, Mahsa Mohebtash and Philip M. Arlen / Infectious Complications in Oncology, Nilofer Azad, Sarah W. Read, and Juan C. Gea-Banacloche / Oncological Emergencies and Paraneoplastic Syndrome, Susan L. Bever and Richard A. Messmann / Psychopharmacological Management in Oncology, Donald L. Rosenstein, Maryland Pao, and Daniel E. Elswick / Management of Emesis in Oncology, David R. Kohler / Medical Nutrition Therapy, Marnie Dobbin / Pain and Palliative Care, Eric Bush and Ann Berger / Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Patrick J. Mansky, Dawn B. Wallerstedt, Scott Miller, and Jamie Stagl / Central Venous Access Device, June L. Remick and Magesh Sundaram
COMMON OFFICE PROCEDURES AND OTHER TOPICS: Procedures in Medical Oncology, Suzanne G. Demko, Kerry Ryan, and George Carter / Basic Genomics for Practicing Oncologists, Vicky M. Coyle, Wendy L. Allen, Puthen V. Jithesh, and Patrick G. Johnston / Basic Principles of Radiation Oncology, Jondavid Pollock / Anticancer Agents, Sakar M. Wahby and Thomas E. Hughes
APPENDICES: Performance Status Scales/Scores / WHO and RECIST Criteria for Response
