Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Medical, Surgical & Radiation - Softcover

Pazdur, Richard; Coia, Lawrence R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891483080 ISBN 13: 9781891483080

Publisher: Oncology Group, 2001

Synopsis

This easy-to-use treatment guide is a truly integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with cancer. The discussion of each disease combines the principles of medical, surgical, and radiation oncology and features the efforts of 118 contributors from across the US and Canada. This fifth edition keeps pace with the rapid changes in oncology, offers practical information, and incorporates suggestions from many of the cancer professionals who use this handbook worldwide. Revisions include expanded information on non small-cell cancer, primary and metastatic brain tumors, and gestational trophoblastic tumors. Includes color photographs, AJCC staging systems, and suggested readings, and charts common chemotherapy regimens and important statistical data. Ideal for both cancer professionals and the general medical community, and for patients who want to know what their doctors are reading.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Pazdur, MD, is the Director, Division of Oncology Drug Products, at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).

Lawrence R. Coia, MD, chairs the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Community Medical Center (Saint Barnabas Health Care System affiliate), in Toms River, NJ.

William J. Hoskins, MD, is the Deputy Physician in Chief of the Disease Management Team, and Chief of Gynecolgic Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Lawrence D. Wagman, MD, is Chairman of the Division of Surgery at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.

From the Inside Flap

The 50 chapters in the latest edition of Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach represent the efforts of 118 contributors from the 50 institutions across the US (and two from Canada). Their goals are threefold. 1) To provide practical information for physicians who manage cancer patients. 2) To present this information concisely, uniformly, and logically, emphasizing the natural history of the malignancy, screening and diagnosis, staging and prognosis, and treatment. And 3), to emphasize a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to patient management that involves surgical, radiation, and medical oncologists, as well as other health care professionals, working as a cohesive team.

This fifth edition updates existing chapters to keep pace with the most current diagnostic and treatment recommendations. It has been reorganized to provide a more logical progression of topics and enhance readability. Also, coverage of certain cancers (such as non-small-cell lung cancer and brain cancer) has been expanded. A new chapter on gestational trophoblastic tumors has been added to the section on Gynecologic Malignancies. Information on newly approved drugs as well as recently completed clinical trials is also updated.

As with the first four editions, each chapter (as appropriate) has been authored jointly by practicing medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists. In some cases, other specialists have been asked to contribute their expertise. All of our contributors personally manage patients using a multidisciplinary approach. Thus these chapters reflect the recommendations of practitioners cognizant that therapies must be based on evidence-based research directed at practical patient care in a cost-effective manner.

This year-2001 edition is the first edition of the 21st century. We believe that the exciting advances chronicled in its pages truly represent the beginning of a new millennium in cancer treatment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oncology Group
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891483080
• ISBN 13: 9781891483080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 982
• Editor: Hoskis William J.