Oncologic therapies
By: Everett E. Vokes, Harvey M. Golomb, editors.
Contributors: Vokes, E. E. 1954-; Golomb, Harvey M. 1943-
Edition: 2nd completely rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 659
Subjects: Neoplasms -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Principles of surgical oncology; title: Ch. 2. Principles of radiation oncology; title: Ch. 3. Principles of cancer chemotherapy; title: Ch. 4. Principles of cancer chemoprevention; title: Ch. 5. Principles of cancer immunotherapy; title: Ch. 6. Ethics and the development of new oncologic therapies: informed consent, equipoise, and the randomized trial; title: Ch. 7. Diagnosis and management of oncologic emergencies; title: Ch. 8. Infectious complications of oncologic therapy; title: Ch. 9. Hematopoietic growth factors; title: Ch. 10. Pain management; title: Ch. 11. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; title: Ch. 12. Pleural effusions; title: Ch. 13. Measuring quality of life; title: Ch. 14. Acute leukemia; title: Ch. 15. Chronic myelogenous leukemia; title: Ch. 16. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; title: Ch. 17. Myelodysplastic Syndromes; title: Ch. 18. Myeloproliferative Disorders; title: Ch. 19. Hairy Cell Leukemia; title: Ch. 20. Hodgkin's Lymphoma; title: Ch. 21. Cutaneous T Cell Lymphomas; title: Ch. 22. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; title: Ch. 23. Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias; title: Ch. 24. Early breast cancer; title: Ch. 25. Locally advanced, locally recurrent, and metastatic breast cancer; title: Ch. 26. Head and neck tumors; title: Ch. 27. Carcinoma of the esophagus; title: Ch. 28. Non-small cell lung cancer; title: Ch. 29. Small cell lung cancer; title: Ch. 30. Mesothelioma; title: Ch. 31. Colorectal cancer; title: Ch. 32. Anal cancers; title: Ch. 33. Gastric cancer; title: Ch. 34. Hepatobiliary cancer, pancreatic cancer, and neuroendocrine cancers of the gastrointestinal tract; title: Ch. 35. Prostate cancer; title: Ch. 36. Testicular cancer; title: Ch. 37. Renal cancer; title: Ch. 38. Genitourinary malignancies: bladder/penis/urethral cancers; title: Ch. 39. Uterine cancer; title: Ch. 40. Cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer; title: Ch. 41. Ovarian cancer; title: Ch. 42. Primary and metastatic brain tumors; title: Ch. 43. Bone sarcomas; title: Ch. 44. Soft-tissue sarcomas; title: Ch. 45. Thyroid malignancies; title: Ch. 46. Cutaneous melanoma; title: Ch. 47. Non-melanoma skin neoplasms.