Overview

This successful text is a comprehensive guide to modern cancer treatments that aims to give clinician and student alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. Information is presented in tables and charts for easy assimilation, and clear algorithms for patient pathways are included to make decisions straightforward while allowing for sound clinical judgement.

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Author:   Pat Price (Visiting Prof. Dept. of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London) ,  Karol Sikora (Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Buckingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Edition:   8th edition
Weight:   1.460kg
ISBN:  

9781032559544

ISBN 10:   1032559543
Pages:   692
Publication Date:   28 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of contributors Introduction 1. Central Nervous System - Susan Short and Louise Murray 2. Adult Ocular and Orbital (Ocular Adnexa) Tumors - P.N. Plowman and †J.L. Hungerford 3. Head and Neck Cancer - Jemy Jose and Andrzej Wieczorek 4. Thyroid - Kate Newbold, Leslie Cheng, and Clive Harmer 5. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours - Eleni Armeni, Natasha Shrikrishnapalasuriyar, P. N. Plowman, Márta Korbonits, and Ashley B. Grossman 6. Breast Cancer – Gwenllian Edwards and Arabella Richards 7. Thoracic Malignancies- Alexius John, David John McMahon, and Sanjay Popat 8. Esophageal Cancer - Fiona Williams, Betsan Thomas, Jennifer Kahan, Carys Morgan, Kieran Foley, and Thomas Crosby 9. Hepatocellular carcinoma - Daniel H. Palmer and Philip Johnson 10. Pancreatic Cancer - Luke Dickerson and Paula Ghaneh 11. Biliary tract cancer - Hemant M. Kocher, Mayank Roy, and Cindy Neuzillet 12. Gastric Cancer - Michelle Mathews, Hala Shareef, Mark A. Baxter, and Russell D. Petty 13. Bladder Cancer - Robert A Huddart and Pardeep Kumar 14. Prostate Cancer - Philip Cornford 15. Colorectal Cancer - Harpreet Wasan and Richard Adams 16. Anal cancer - Bernard J. Cummings and Ali Hosni 17. Germ Cell Cancer of the Testis and Related Neoplasms - Han Wong and Danish Mazhar 18. Renal Cell Cancer - Sina Yadollahi, Joanna Hack, Sarah Ellis, and Matthew Wheater 19. Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer - Robert D. Morgan, Andrew R. Clamp, and Gordon C. Jayson 20. Endometrial Cancer - Mona Ali Hassan and Hani Gabra 21. Cervical Cancer- Sooha Kim and Alexandra Taylor 22. Carcinoma of the Vagina and Vulva - Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, and Stacey Bryan 23. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia – Ehsan Ghorani and Michael J. Seckl 24. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer - Van Sim, Bjorn R Thomas, and Stephen L. Morris 25. Malignant melanoma – Sowmya Cheruvu and Lisa Pickering 26. Primary Bone Tumors - Jeremy S. Whelan, Rob C. Pollock, Rachael E. Windsor, and Mahbubl Ahmed 27. Soft Tissue Sarcomas – James Wylie, Alexander Lee, Gillian Cribb, and Karen Shepherd 28. Leukemias - Tariq I. Mughal 29. Hodgkin Lymphoma - Dennis A. Eichenauer 30. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Piers Blombery 31. Multiple Myeloma - Guy Pratt 32. Paediatric Oncology - Sarah Jayne Farndon, Rachel Cox, Kristina Marshall, John Moppett, Helen Rees, and Emma Seaford 33. AIDS-related malignancy - Mark Bower, Claudia Fulgenzi, and Alessia Dalla Pria 34. Clinical Cancer Genetics - Rosalind A. Eeles and Lisa J. Walker 35. Lifestyle Factors in Cancer Survivorship - Robert Thomas 36. Developments in Immunotherapy - Kyrillus Shohdy, Ik Shin Chin, and Fiona Thistlethwaite 37. Advances and Innovation in Precision Radiotherapy - Mahbuba Choudhury, Saiji Nageshwaran, and Rajesh Jena 38. Policy and Cancer Care - Kristina Jenei, Richard Sullivan, and Ajay Aggarwal Index

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Professor Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Visiting Professor in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, is an academic clinical oncologist specializing in PET based molecular imaging, advanced radiotherapy techniques, and translational research in oncology. She founded and chairs the charity Radiotherapy UK, which acts as the secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy in the UK. She also the founder and chair of the Global Coalition for Radiotherapy. Professor Karol Sikora, MA, MB BChir, PhD, FRCR, FRCP, FFPM, a former chief of the World Health Organisation cancer programme, is a world respected oncologist and campaigner for better universal cancer treatment. He was Clinical Director for Cancer Services at Imperial Healthcare for over 20 years and founded the University of Buckingham Medical School, before creating a global network of integrated cancer centres.

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