ABELOFF.S CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (ENHANCED DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED)

DESCRIPTION

Easily accessibleand clinically focused, Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Edition,covers recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiologyof cancer, cellular and molecular causes of cancer initiationand progression, new and emergingtherapies, current trials, and muchmore. Masterfully authoredby an international team of leading cancerexperts, it offers clear, practical coverage of everything frombasic science to multidisciplinary collaboration on diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow up.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: SCIENCEAND CLINCIAL ONCOLOGY

SECTION A: BIOLOGYAND CANCER

1. Molecular Tools in Cancer Research

2. Intracellular Signaling

3. The CellularMicroenvironment and Metastases

4. Control of theCell Cycle

5. The Pathophysiologyof Cancer Cell Death

6. Cancer Immunology

7. Stem Cells,Cell Differentiation, and Cancer

8. Vascular and Interstitial Biology of Tumors

9. Cancer Metabolism

SECTION B: GENESISOF CANCER

10. Environmental Factors

11. DNA DamageResponse Pathways and Cancer

12. Viruses andHuman Cancer

13. Genetic Factors:Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes

14. Genetic andEpigenetic Changes in Cancer

SECTION C: DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER

15. Pathology, Biomarkers,and Molecular Diagnostics

16. Imaging

SECTION D: CLINICALTRIALS

17. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics in Clinical Trials

18. Trial Design

19. Structures SupportingCancer Clinical Trials

20. Oncology andHealth Care Policy

SECTION E: PREVENTIONAND EARLY DETECTION

21. Discovery and Characterization of Cancer Genetic Susceptibility Alleles

22. Lifestyle andCancer Prevention

23. Cancer Screeningand Early Detection

24. Nicotine Dependence:Current Treatments and Future Directions

SECTION F: TREATMENT

25. Cancer Pharmacology

26. Therapeutic Targeting of CancerCells: Era of Molecularly Targeted Agents

27. Basics ofRadiation Therapy

28. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

29. Gene Therapy in Oncology

30. Therapeutic Antibodies and Immunologic Conjugates

31. Complementary and Alternative Medicine

PART II:PROBLEMS COMMON TO CANCER ANDTHERAPY

SECTION A: HEMATOLOGICPROBLEMS AND INFACTIONS

32. Disorders ofBlood Cell Production in Clinical Oncology

33. Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Cancer-RelatedVenous Thrombosis

34. Infection in the Patient withCancer

SECTION B: SYMPTOMMANAGEMENT

35. Hypercalcemia

36. Tumor Lysis Syndrome

37. Cancer-RelatedPain

38. Cancer Cachexia

39. Nausea and Vomiting

SECTION C: TREATMENTCOMPLICATIONS

40. Oral Complications

41. Dermatologic Toxicities of AnticancerTherapy

42. Cardiovascular Effects of Cancer Therapy

43. Reproductive Complications

44. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes

45. Neurologic complications

46. Endocrine Complications

47. Pulmonary Complicationsof Anticancer Treatment

SECTION D: POST TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS

48. Rehabilitation of Individuals with Cancer

49. Survivorship

50. Second MalignantNeoplasms

51. Caring forPatients at the End of Life

SECTION E: LOCAL EFFECTS OF CANCERAND ITS METASTASIS

52. Acute Abdomen, Bowel Obstruction, and Fistula

53. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

54. Spinal CordCompression

55. Brain Metastasesand Neoplastic Meningitis

56. Bone Metastases

57. Lung Metastases

58. Liver Metastases

59. Malignancy-RelatedEffusions

SECTION F: SPECIALPOPULATIONS

60. Cancer in theElderly: Biology, Prevention, and Treatment

61. Special Issuesin Pregnancy

62. Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) Infection and Cancer

PART III:SPECIFIC MALIGNANCIES

SECTION A

63. Cancer ofthe Central Nervous System

SECTION B

64. Ocular Tumors

65. Cancer ofthe Head and Neck

SECTION C: SKIN

66. Melanoma

67. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers: Basal Cell and Squamous CellCarcinomas

SECTION D: ENDOCRINE

68. Cancer ofthe Endocrine System

SECTION E: THORACIC

69. Cancer ofthe Lung: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Small CellLung Cancer

70. Diseases ofthe Pleura and Mediastinum

71. Cancer ofthe Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction

SECTION F: GASTROINTESTINAL

72. Cancer ofthe Stomach and Gastroesophageal Junction

73. Cancer ofthe Small Bowel

74. Colon Cancer

75. Cancer ofthe Rectum

76. Cancer ofthe Anal Canal

77. Liver and BileDuct Cancer

78. Carcinoma of the Pancreas

SECTION G: GENITOURINARY

79. Cancer ofthe Kidney

80. Carcinoma of the Bladder

81. Prostate Cancer

82. Cancer ofthe Penis

83. Testicular Cancer

SECTION H: GYNECOLOGICAL

84. Cancers ofthe Cervix, Vulva, and Vagina

85. Cancer ofthe Endometrium

86. Ovaries andFallopian Tubes

87. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

88. Cancer ofthe Breast

SECTION I: SARCOMAS

89. Sarcomas of Bone

90. Sarcomas of Soft Tissue

SECTION J

91. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary

SECTION K: PEDIATRICS

92. Pediatric SolidTumors

93. Childhood Leukemia

94. Childhood Lymphoma

SECTION L: HEMATOLOGICAL

95. Acute Leukemiasin Adults

96. Myelodysplastic Syndromes

97. Myeloproliferative Disorders

98. Chronic MyeloidLeukemia

99. Chronic LymphoidLeukemias

100. Hairy CellLeukemia

101. Multiple Myelomaand Related Disorders

102. Hodgkins Lymphoma

103. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

104. Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma andCutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma

105. Adult T-CellLeukemia-Lymphoma