Churchill's Pocketbook of Oncology

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Av Lester Barr, Richard A. Cowan, Marianne Nicolson

419 kr

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This is a pocket handbook on the management and treatment of cancer, written in a style and at a level suitable for junior doctors and trainees (SHOs, Registrars), medical students and allied health professions. All the information will be carefully checked by an international panel of advisers to ensure that the treatment described reflects common clinical practice and (where available) agreed guidelines. This title also includes sections on oncological emergencies, common patient problems and screening.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-09-09
Mått102 x 152 x undefined mm
Vikt235 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieChurchill Pocketbooks
Upplaga2
FörlagElsevier Health Sciences
ISBN9780443072390

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Section 1 - Managing a Patient with Cancer 1. Principles of surgery 2. Principles of radiotherapy 3. Principles of chemotherapy 4. Palliative care 5. Screening 6. Consent to treatment 7. Complementary therapy 8. Patient support groups and information Section 2 - Managing Specific Tumours 9. GI 10. Breast 11. Urology 12. Gynaecology 13. Head and neck 14. Skin 15. Lung 16. CNS 17. Bone 18. Soft tissue sarcomas 19. Paediatrics - solid tumours 20. Haematology - malignancy 21. Cancer of unknown primary site 22. AIDS-related cancer Section 3 - Problems in practice 23. Alopecia 24. Ascites 25. Carcinoid syndrome 26. Cardiomyopathy 27. Constipation 28. Diarrhoea 29. Haemorrhagic cystitis 30. Infertility and contraception 31. Mucositis 32. Nausea and vomiting 33. Neuropathy 34. Nutrition 35. Opportunistic infections 36. Pain 37. Pleural effusion 38. Radiation enteritis 39. Secondary malignancy 40. Syndrome of inappropriate ADH 41. Stoma management 42. Thromobcytopenia 43. Venous access Section 4 - Oncological Emergencies 44. Should you resuscitate? 45. Septic shock 46. Bleeding 47. Cardiac tamponade 48. Stridor 49. Superior vena cava obstruction 50. Spinal cord compression 51. Raised intracranial pressure 52. Pulmonary embolus 53. Acute abdomen 54. GI obstruction 55. GI perforation 56. Hypercalcaemia 57. Pathological fracture 58. Acute confusional states 59. Hyperkalaemia 60. Ureteric obstruction 61. Graft v. host disease Appendices: Commonly used chemotherapy drugs WHO performance scale Common toxicity criteria Criteria of response Surface area nomogram Dermatomal anatomy Drug development and clinical trials Incidence and risk Names and addresses of patient support groups Web sites - clinical information; clinical trials Molecular biology and therapy