Treatment of Cancer

Summary

Since the first edition was published in 1982, Treatment of Cancer has become a standard text for postgraduate physicians in the UK and beyond, providing all information necessary for modern cancer management in one comprehensive but accessible volume. By inviting experts from a number of disciplines to share their knowledge, the editors have succe

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Molecular biology 3. Clinical radiobiology 4. Mathematical modelling and its application in radiation oncology 5. Principles of chemotherapy and drug development 6. Tumour imaging in oncology 7. Interventional radiology 8. Cancer vaccines 9. Biological therapies: cytokines and adoptive cell therapy 10. Radioimmunotherapy 11. Monoclonal antibodies and treatment of cancer 12. Angiogenesis as a target for the treatment of cancer 13. Gene therapy 14. Central nervous system 15. Ocular and adnexal tumours 16. Head and neck cancer 17. Thyroid 18. Endocrine cancer 19. Breast cancer 20. Bronchus 21. Oesophageal cancer 22. Liver 23. Pancreas 24. Biliary Tract 25. Stomach 26. Bladder 27. Prostate 28. Colectoral cancer 29. Anus 30. Germ cell cancers of the testis and related neoplasms 31. Renal cell cancer 32. Ovary and fallopian tubes 33. Uterus 34. Cervix 35. Carcinoma of the vagina and vulva 36. Gestational trophoblastic tumours 37. Non-melonoma skin cancer 38. Malignant melanoma 39. Bone 40. Soft tissue sarcomas 41. Leukaemias 42. Hodgkin's lymphoma 43. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 44. Multiple myeloma 45. Introduction to haemotopoietic stem cell transplantation 46. Paediatric oncology 47. AIDS-related cancer 48. Medical Care 49. Interstitial brachytherapy 50. Principles of external b

Author(s) Bio

PAT PRICE: Professor of Radiation Oncology, Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences, Christie Hospital and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

KAROL SIKORA: Medical Director, Cancer Partners UK and Visiting Professor of Cancer Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.

TIM ILLIDGE: Professor of Targeted Therapy and Oncology, School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences, Christie Hospital and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.