Abeloff's clinical oncology. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Clinical oncology
• Uniform Title: Clinical oncology.
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Martin D. Abeloff [and four others].
• Other Names: Abeloff, Martin D
• Contents: 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.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 2555 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.99/4; Oncology; Cancer; Neoplasms -- therapy; Medical Oncology -- methods; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Cancer; Oncology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781437720563; 1437720560
• Related ISBNs: 9780443066948; 0443066949; 9780443066955
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.