Oncology category: 2472 books
Quest for the Cure
Reflections on the Evolution of Breast Cancer Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
This original fourteen chapter book is a brief, slightly autobiographic tale of medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and breast cancer patients in a well-established cancer center in Texas, who pursued the goal of cure for breast cancer. The evolution of improved outcomes in the treatment...
Lung Cancer
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides clinicians with a comprehensive text that can be used when caring for patients with lung cancer throughout the entire patient journey. This edited collection explores the aetiology of lung cancer; mesothelioma; the range of available treatments, including...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Introduction The prevailing model of medical care for patients with cancer emphasizes the curative efforts of medical technology toward the eradication of the disease. Yet the suffering of the patient as a result of both the disease and our efforts to treat it is often overlooked. If we are to improve...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
Perspectives on Cancer Care is a unique collection of insights from contributors, based on their specific expertise and experience. It provides a range of perspectives on cancer care to inspire readers and encourage high-quality care through an enhanced understanding of patients' needs and carers'...
by Victoria Harmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
"This book is an excellent resource for nurses working in either a hospital or primary care"
—Breast Cancer Care News
"This book would be really helpful to other breast cancer nurses and students about to embark on work in this field"
—Journal of Community Nursing
This comprehensive...
Cancer Risks
Strategies for Elimination
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A large body of information about possible causes of cancer has been ac cumulated by both clinical experience in man and observations in animal experiments. There is general agreement that in most cases cancer is due to exogenous factors, albeit the genetic disposition may also play an impor tant...
Breast Cancer: Scientific and Clinical Progress
Proceedings of the Biennial Conference for the International Association of Breast Cancer Research, Miami, Florida, USA — March 1–5, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Effective control of breast cancer depends on three types of research accomplishment -- understanding the disease's origins and progression: successfully applying this knowledge to methods of detection, diagnosis and treatment: and finding ways to make these advances truly available to the public...
Inherited Cancer Syndromes
Current Clinical Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
The second edition of Inherited Cancer Syndromes incorporates new genetic markers data with the clinical utility and practicality of the first edition.
by Paolo Boffetta, Stefania Boccia, Carlo La Vecchia
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology is an ideal addition to Springer Briefs in Cancer Research. The Brief provides core concepts in cancer epidemiology and also gives a snapshot of the epidemiology of seventeen human cancers. The Brief aims to provide-with quantitative focus-estimates of the...
Prostate Cancer
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
"This book admirably covers prostate cancer. It is written in an easily digestible manner for non-experts and emphasizes the importance of a team approach to treatment of patients with this disease."--Doody's Reviews
With an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration and decision-making,...
Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
This book is a comprehensive guide that will help medical professionals – pediatric oncologists, nurses, pediatricians, family practitioners, internists, radiation oncologists, surgeons – to understand and manage the long-term effects of treatment for childhood and adolescent cancer. The consequences...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Pediatric tumors comprise a unique set of diseases that may pose diagnostic challenges to pathologists, oncologists, and pediatricians. Pediatric Tumor Pathology: A Practical Approach serves as a state-of-the-art reference for understanding the fundamental biology and diagnostic aspects of pediatric...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
ABC of Cancer Care is a practical primary care guide to help health professionals better inform their patients, manage and recognize the common complications of cancers and their treatment, and understand the rationale and implications of decisions made in secondary and tertiary care.
It provides...
by M. Freitag, H.P. Schwarze
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
UV radiation is recognized as the major risk factor for skin can cer. For the last three decades the incidence and mortality of skin cancer have been increasing steadily in almost all parts of the world. Unfortunately, there have been very few advances in the management and treatment of skin cancer....