Clinical Oncology e-dition; Text with Continually Updated Online Reference

by Abeloff, Armitage, Niederhuber, Kastan & McKenna

• ISBN13: 9780443066504
• ISBN10: 0443066507
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-21
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

Tap into all of the latest knowledge and expertise in your field ... in print and online! Both a user-friendly printed reference and a fully searchable web site, the e-dition of this classic clinical oncology text gives you two fast ways to find expert solutions to the clinical challenges that arise in your practice. Regular updates online ensure that you'll always have access to the most current information! Equips you with state-of-the-art, evidence-based guidance to help you offer your patients the best possible outcomes. Uses highly structured full-color page layouts inside the printed book to make reference effortless. Offers rapid access to the answers you need via the fully searchable web site. Delivers regular updates online, overseen by the authors, to keep you continually apprised of important new clinical developments. Lets you download all of the book's illustrations for use in electronic presentations. Links references to the corresponding MEDLINE abstracts to simplify further research. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Table of Contents

Science Of Clinical Oncology

Biology and Cancer

Molecular Tools in Cancer Research

Intracellular Signaling

Cellular Microenvironment

Biology of Metastases

Control of the Cell Cycle

Cell Life and Cell Death

Immunology and Cancer

Stem Cells, Cell Differentiation, and Cancer

Vascular and Interstitial Biology of Tumors

The Genesis of Cancer

Environmental Factors

DNA Damage Responses and Cancer

Viruses and Cancer

Genetic Factors: Familial Syndromes

Genetic Factors: Finding Cancer Susceptibility Genes

Progressing from Gene Mutations to Cancer

Immune Deficiencies and Cancer

Diagnosing Cancer

Pathologic, Molecular, and Cytogenetic Diagnosis

Imaging

Preventing and Treating Cancer

Clinical Trial Design/Biostatistics

Structures Supporting Cancer Clinical Trials

Economics of Cancer Therapy

Epidemiology and Population Sciences

Cancer Prevention, Screening, and Early Detection

Smoking Cessation: Current Treatments and Future Directions

Chemotherapy

The Basics of Radiation Therapy

Surgical Interventions in Cancer

Principles and Uses of Bone Marrow Transplantation

Uses of Gene Therapy

The Present and Future of Molecularly Targeted Therapy

Photo Dynamic Therapy

Antibodies and Immunologic Conjugates

Vaccines

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Problems Common to Cancer and Its Therapy

Symptom Management and Palliative Care

Pain

Psychological Distress and Rehabilitation

Weight Loss and Cachexia

Nausea/Vomiting

Oral Complications

Alopecia and Cutaneous Complications

Lymphedema

Fatigue

Caring for Patients at the End of Life

Hematologic Problems

Disorders of Blood Cell Production

Cancer Related Thrombosis

Infections

Fever in the Neutropenic Patient

Fever in the Severely Immunocompromised Patient

Metabolic and Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Hypercalcemia

Hyponatremia

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Surgical Problems

Establishing and Maintaining Vascular Access

Acute Abdomen, Bowel Obstruction, and Fistula

Local Effects of Cancer and Its Metastasis

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Spinal Cord Compression

Brain Metastasis and Carcinomatous Meningitis

Bone Metastases

Lung Metastases

Liver Metastasis

Effusions

Neurologic Complications

Dyspnea, Cough, and Pulmonary Complications

Cardiac Complications

Reproductive Complications

Endocrine Complications

Second Malignant Neoplasms

Special Issues

Cancer in the Elderly: Biology, Prevention, and Treatment

Special Issues in Pregnancy

Specific Malignancies

Cancer of the Central Nervous System

Cancer of the Eye, Orbit, and Adnexal Structures

Cancer of the Head and Neck

Melanomas

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas

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