Synopses & Reviews
The new addition to the Oxford Handbook series, the Oxford Handbook of Oncology, will serve as a practical guide to clinical consultation in oncology, covering the scientific basis as well as diagnosis, investigation, management and palliative care issues in cancer. Key information is provided in an easy-to-use format and each section is designed to give the reader sufficient background, understanding vocabulary in the topic to allow further in-depth study. Diseases are dealt with systematically and the bulk of the text is dedicated to specific malignancies emphasizing the more common malignancies. This pocket handbook will appeal to medical staff (both junior and senior) in oncology/palliative care and related disciplines which have a significant amount of malignant disease.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Background
1. Multidisciplinary approach to cancer
2. Aetiology and epidemiology of cancer
3. Genetics of cancer
Part 2: Principles of treatment
4. Surgical oncology
5. Principles of radiation oncology
6. Principles of chemotherapy
7. Late effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy
8. Hormone therapy
9. Biological therapies
Part 3: Principles of cancer clinical trials, cancer prevention and screening
10. Clinical trials
11. Cancer prevention and screening
Part 4: Specific types of cancer
12. Thoracic cancer
13. Breast cancer
14. Colorectal cancer
15. Anal cancer
16. Upper gastrointestinal cancer
17. Endocrine cancers
18. Genitourinary cancers
19. Gynaecological cancer
21. Head and neck cancer
22. Tumours of the central nervous system
23. Skin cancer
24. Haematological malignancies
25. Bone and soft tissue malignancies
26. Cancer of unknown primary site
27. Paraneoplastic syndromes
28. AIDS-related malignancies
Part 5: Symptom control in oncology
29. Principles of palliative care
Part 6: The way forward
1. Novel therapeutic strategies
2. Gene therapy for cancer
Part 7: Emergencies in oncology
1. Spinal cord compression
2. Bone marrow suppression
3. Superior vena cava obstruction
4. Raised intracranial pressure
5. Stridor
6. Thromboembolic and cardiac emergencies
7. Obstruction
8. Biochemical crises
9. Anaphylaxis
10. Complications of central venous lines
11. Chemotherapy extravasation
Part 8: Appendices