This successful text is a comprehensive guide on 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.
- Concentrates on current clinical diagnosis and treatment
- Presents a succinct guide to the field for all working with patients
- Features algorithms, tables, and lists of key points as a handy resource
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.
Biography
Professor Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FROR, Visiting Professor 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 Founded and Chairs 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.
