Abeloff's clinical oncology
Carrying on the tradition established by its founding editor, the late Dr. Martin Abeloff, the 4th Edition of this respected reference synthesizes all of the latest oncology knowledge in one practical, clinically focused, easy-to-use volume. It incorporates basic science, pathology, diagnosis, management, outcomes, rehabilitation, and prevention ₆ all in one convenient resource ₆ equipping you to overcome your toughest clinical challenges. What's more, you can access the complete contents of this Expert Consult title online, and tap into its unparalleled guidance wherever and whenever you need it most! Equips you to select the most appropriate tests and imaging studies for diagnosing and staging each type of cancer, and manage your patients most effectively using all of the latest techniques and approaches. Explores all of the latest scientific discoveries' implications for cancer diagnosis and management. Employs a multidisciplinary approach - with contributions from pathologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and surgical oncologists - for well-rounded perspectives on the problems you face. Offers a user-friendly layout with a consistent chapter format ₅ summary boxes ₅ a full-color design ₅ and more than 1,445 illustrations (1,200 in full color), to make reference easy and efficient
eBook, English, ©2008
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Philadelphia, ©2008
1 online resource (xxx, 2555 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
9781437720563, 1437720560
489057567
Molecular tools in cancer research
Intracellular signaling
The cellular microenvironment and metastases
Control of the cell cycle
Cell life and death
Cancer immunology
Stem cells, cell differentiation, and cancer
Vascular and interstitital biology of tumors
Environmental factors
DNA damage response pathways and cancer
Viruses and human cancer
Genetic factors: hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes
Genetic factors: findings cancer susceptibility genes
Progressing from gene mutations to cancer
Immunodeficiency and cancer
Principles of oncologic surgical pathology
Flow cytometry in oncologic diagnosis
Conventional and molecular cytogenetics of neoplasia
Molecular diagnostics
Biomarkers for cancer diagnostics
Imaging
Biostatistics and bioinformatics in clinical trials
Structures supporting cancer clinical trials
Economic analysis of cancer treatment
Use of epidemiology in oncology
Cancer prevention, screening, early detection
Nicotine dependence: current treatments and future directions
Surgical interventions in cancer
Basics of radiation therapy
Systemic therapy
Principles of molecularly targeted therapy: present and future
Hematompoietic stem cell transplantation
Gene therapy in oncology
Therapeutic antibodies and immunologic conjugates
Complementary and alternative medicine
Cancer pain
Rehabilitation of individuals with cancer
Cachexia
Nausea and vomiting
Oral complications
Alopecia and cutaneous complications
Lymphedema
Fatigue
Caring for patients at the end of life
Disorders of blood cell production in clinical oncology
Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer-related venous thrombosis
Infection in the patient with cancer
Hypercalcemia
Hyponatremia
Tumor lysis syndrome
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes
Establishing and maintaining vascular access
Acute abdomen, bowel obstruction, and fistula
Superior vena cava syndrome
Spinal cord compression
Brain metastases and neoplastic meningitis
Bone metastases. Lung metastases
Liver metastases
Effusions
Neourologic complications
Pulmonary complications of anticancer treatment
Cardiac effects of cancer therapy
Reproductive complications
Endocrine complications
Second malignant neoplasms
Cancer in the elderly: biology, prevention, and treatment
Special issues in pregnancy
HIV-associated malignancies
Cancer of the central nervous system
Eye, orbit, and adnexal structures
Cancer of the head and neck
Melanoma
Nonmelanoma skin cancers: basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas
Cancer of the endocrine system
Cancer of the lung: non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer
Tumors of the pleura and mediastinum
Cancer of the esophagus
Cancer of the stomach
Cancer of the small bowel
Colon cancer
Cancer of the rectum
Cancer of the anal canal
Liver and bile duct cancer
Carcinoma of the pancreas
Cancer of the kidney
Carcinoma of the bladder
Prostate cancer
Cancer of the penis
Testicular cancer
Cancers of the cervix, vulva, and vagina
Cancer of the endometrium
Ovaries and fallopain tubes
Gestational trophoblastic disease
Cancer of the breast
Sarcomas of bone
Sarcomas of soft tissue
Carcinoma of unknown primary
Pediatric solid tumors
World health organization classification of hematologic malignancies
Childhood leukemia
Childhood lymphoma
Acute lymphocytic leukemia in adults
Acute myeloid leukemia in adults
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Myeloproliferative disorders
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Chronic leukemias
Hairy cell leukemia
Multiple myeloma and related disorders
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
Revised edition of: Clinical oncology / [edited by] Martin D. Abeloff [and others]. 3rd ed. ©2004