Cancer and its Management

Daniel Hochhauser, DPhil, FRCP, is Kathleen Ferrier Professor of Medical Oncology at University College London and Consultant in Medical Oncology, University College Hospital, London, UK.Jeffrey Tobias, MD, FRCP, FRCR, is Professor in Cancer Medicine at The Meyerstein Institute of Oncology, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.

• Preface ixAcknowedgements xiAbbreviations xiii1 The Modern Management of Cancer: An Introductory Note 12 Epidemiology, Cure, Treatment Trials and Screening 73 Biology of Cancer 254 Staging of Tumours 445 Radiotherapy 606 Systemic Treatment for Cancer 817 Supportive Care and Symptom Relief 1138 Medical Problems and Radiotherapy Emergencies 1309 Paraneoplastic Syndromes 14810 Cancer of the Head and Neck 15811 Brain and Spinal Cord 18412 Tumours of the Lung and Mediastinum 20913 Breast Cancer 23714 Cancer of the Oesophagus and Stomach 27515 Cancer of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas 29016 Tumours of the Small and Large Bowel 30817 Gynaecological Cancer 32118 Genitourinary Cancer 35519 Testicular Cancer 38820 Thyroid and Adrenal Cancer 40621 Cancer from an Unknown Primary Site 42122 Skin Cancer 42623 Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas 44624 Paediatric Malignancies 47025 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 49726 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas 51627 Myeloma and Other Paraproteinaemias 54528 Leukaemia 560Index 585

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