The Washington Manual of Oncology

By Division of Oncology Department of Medicine

Continuing in the tradition of the world-famous Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, The Washington Manual of Oncology puts authoritative patient management recommendations at your fingertips.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781730309
• ISBN13: 9780781730303
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Good overview

I'm a hematology/oncology pharmacy resident this year. I think this book is a great place to go for an introduction to a type of cancer. It gives you an overview in about 8 pages of information. If you want to really dig into the details after that, you'll know where they fit into the "big picture" of the disease.

Authoritative, concise and practical

As a practising oncologist, I own a whole personal library of oncology books. I find this book easy to use and sufficiently authoritative as well as up-to-date for quick reference and reminders. Compared to the standard large textbooks, it restricts discussion to only the most relevant and frequently quoted studies, but this should make it ideal for the trainee doing his/her revisions not to be too bogged down by details. Among the "shorter" textbooks/manuals, this is definitely the best. One notable problem however relates to the faulty 'binding' of book, and both my paperback copies (one kept in my office, and the other at home) fall apart within weeks of purchasing. Publishers take note !!