The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology

By Carmen J. Allegra, James L. Gulley, Jame Abraham, et al.

Book Overview

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2021

The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a comprehensive review of the management of numerous cancer types, emphasizing practical information that can be applied in everyday, fast-moving patient care situations. With contributions from experts and scholars at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Cleveland Clinic, and other renowned institutions, this latest edition has been thoroughly revised with new content and continues to provide practical guidance on how to evaluate, diagnose, and treat cancer patients. Designed for quick and easy accessibility of clinically relevant information.Features a new comprehensive chapter on the principles and practice of immunotherapy.Disease-specific chapters now include information on relevant and appropriate immunotherapeutic drugs.Covers a range of solid-tumor, blood, and other cancers, as well as infection management, nutrition, and palliative care.Combines concise and clear information with tables, images, and algorithms; now with even more algorithms to help fine-tune clinical decision-making.Useful for oncologists, oncology nurses, oncology fellows, residents, and allied health professionals.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496344189
• ISBN13: 9781496344182
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Nice concise overview pocketbook

This is a good book for a quick overview of oncology for a starting point. Appropriate for surgical, medical, and radiation oncologist as well as medical students interested in oncology.

Excellent user friendly cancer book

I have read bethesda handbook of oncology. It is a well written, user friendly book with many pictures, algorithms, tables and charts. I use it regularly as a quick bedside reference. I will recommend this book for anybody in clinical oncology. Moreover it is written by some of the well known names in the field. Many of authors have written chapters in the famous oncology text book written by Devita also.

A ready reckoner for oncology practitioners in remote worlds

The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology by Jame Abraham, MD, and Carmen J. Allegra, MD, comprehensively reviews the clinical features, current management & etio-pathology of all common malignancies. The chapters on supportive care, oncological emergencies and therapeutic procedures in medical oncology though brief are quite precise and informative. The best part of the book is its tables, flow charts and algorithms, which are a ready reference for uptodate information. It truly provides a quick access to information on most common practical problems encountered by clinicians in their daily practice and their solutions .The field of oncology is ever changing and new information is added each year. This handbook would certainly be of great help as an affordable ready reckoner for physicians practicing oncology in remote areas without much access to latest literature. However there are a few suggestions for improvement: (1) inclusion of a chapter on gestational trophoblastic tumors (2) inclusion of a basic chapter on cell cycle and (3) a more detailed description on anti cancer drugs