Cancer Treatment

By Charles M. Haskell

Welcome to the new edition of this highly acclaimed resource on cancer treatment. This state-of-the-art text delivers in-depth coverage of the etiology, epidemiology, biology, and treatment of specific cancers. It givesyou access to all the information that you will need in your clinical practise.

Part I includes
principles of prevention and screening a review of treatment modalities (chemotherapeutic agents, biologic agents, and growth factors)
principles of supportive care an introduction to experimental therapies

Part II discusses the full range of individual neoplastic diseases
natural historystaging
prognosistreatment

A focus on patient management and treatment makes Cancer Treatment 5e an ideal reference for clinical practice.Essential principles of chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and immunotherapyExamines the effects of cancer on pregnancy and of pregnancy on cancer
Summarises treatment results in abundant tables67 new authors
New chapters include Principles of Cancer Prevention Cancer and Pregnancy Clinical Trial Design and Interpretation of Data Gene Therapy for Cancer Natural History and Pre-treatment Evaluation of non-Hodgkin's LymphomasLatest knowledge on haematologic growth factors
updated section on patient supportThoroughly revised section on breast cancer, including new information on genetic predisposing factors and sentinal lymph node biopsies
Updated discussion of soft tissue sarcomas and bone tumours Outlines the new WHO reclassification of lymphomas and leukaemiasFeatures fresh insights from 67 new authors.Includes new chapters on Principles of Cancer Prevention Cancer and Pregnancy Clinical Trial Design and Interpretation of Data Gene Therapy for Cancer Natural History and Pretreatment Evaluation of non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas and much more.
Explores the latest knowledge on hematologic growth factors in an updated section on patient support.Provides a thoroughly revised section on breast cancer, including new information on genetic predisposing factors and sentinal lymph node biopsies.
Contains an updated discussion of soft tissue sarcomas and bone tumors. Presents antineoplastic drugs in a new, alphabetical format for quick reference.
Outlines the new WHO reclassification of lymphomas and leukemias.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721678335
• ISBN13: 9780721678337
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1682 Pages
• Weight: 8.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 3.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"Cancer Treatment" one of the best research

Cancer Treatment, by Charles M. Haskel, M.D. F.A.C.P.,4th edition is by far the most comprehensive book on the subject that I have read. It is not a book for the uninitiated in understanding cancer and all the myriad diagnosis and treatments. But with statistics rising to the fact that one in three people will have some form of cancer within their lifetime, it is important to know what the options you or your family member have or will have when diagnosed. The reader has to be strong and optimistic. This is a factual book with great hope and a lot of reality. Doctors are always positive when they look at you and your family member, but they only tell you what they think is best for you to know. If you are strong, astute, practical and want to know the real facts then read this book and go back to this doctor alone, with book in hand, (he will know the book) and then ask for a frank discussion with her or him. I am a writer, researcher and producer with many international awards. I highly recommend this book for your library. It I well laid out, not opinionated and worth the price.