Cancer and its management [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Souhami, Jeffrey Tobias
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| Autore: |
Souhami Robert L
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| Titolo: |
Cancer and its management [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Souhami, Jeffrey Tobias
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 5th ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (546 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.994 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cancer - Treatment |
| Cancer - Diagnosis | |
| Altri autori: |
TobiasJeffrey S
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cancer and its management; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The modern management of cancer: an introductory note; 2 Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening; 3 Biology of cancer; 4 Staging of tumours; 5 Radiotherapy; 6 Systemic treatment for cancer; 7 Supportive care and symptom relief; 8 Medical problems and radiotherapy emergencies; 9 Paraneoplastic syndromes; 10 Cancer of the head and neck; 11 Brain and spinal cord; 12 Tumours of the lung and mediastinum; 13 Breast cancer; 14 Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach; 15 Cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas |
| 16 Tumours of the small and large bowel17 Gynaecological cancer; 18 Genitourinary cancer; 19 Testicular cancer; 20 Thyroid and adrenal cancer; 21 Cancer from an unknown primary site; 22 Skin cancer; 23 Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas; 24 Paediatric malignancies; 25 Hodgkin's disease; 26 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas; 27 Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias; 28 Leukaemia; Appendix: useful addresses; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | highly acclaimed comprehensive and practical text covering the principles and practice of the management of cancer Why Buy This Book? Includes up-to-date information on the most recent techniques and therapies available Comprehensive and practical reference source of both common and rarer forms of cancer Highlights frequent dilemmas and difficulties encountered during cancer management Covers controversial topics including screening, genetic testing, prevention and AIDS-related cancers Provides the reader |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cancer and its management |
| ISBN: | 1-281-32040-4 |
| 9786611320409 | |
| 0-470-99488-6 | |
| 0-470-99487-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996208296103316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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