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The Emperor of All Maladiesby Siddhartha Mukherjee
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 9.99The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but... more...
Extravasation of Cytotoxic Agentsby Ines Mader; Patrizia R. Furst-Weger; Robert M. Mader; Elisabeth Nogler-Semenitz; Sabine M. Wassertheurer; Birte Twisselmann
Springer 2010; US$ 139.00The extravasation of cytotoxic agents can result in severe local tissue damage and medical emergencies during tumour therapy. This revised compendium is intended to help clinicians assess any situation speedily and with certainty. The general section of the book includes topics such as predisposition, prevention, type of harm, general measures in handling extravasated drugs, specific antidotes, and documentation. In the 2nd edition, the scientific information contained in the general section and relating to the actual substances has been updated. The substance specific part of the book includes detailed instructions on handling more than 50 cytotoxic drugs, to initiate targeted measures. Templates for an extravasation set, overview tables,... more...
Epidermal Cell Tumorsby Bruce R. Smoller; Kim M. Hiatt
Springer 2011; US$ 59.95"Epidermal Cell Tumors: The Basics" will serve as an effective and efficient handbook for the student of dermatopathology, and as a practical bench reference for the practicing diagnostician who desires rapid access to criteria that are useful in differentiating histologically similar entities. The reader will be able to focus upon a single histologic observation, i.e., inflammatory conditions without epidermal changes, and use this as a starting point from which to build a differential diagnosis based upon pattern recognition. As each entity is addressed, there will be a concise discussion of the basic clinical findings and epidemiologic associations. This will be followed by a histologic description, highlighting areas that serve... more...
Diagnostic Lymph Node Pathologyby Dennis H Wright; Anthony S-Y Leong; Bruce J Addis
Hodder Education 2011; US$ 165.00New edition, updated to include that latest World Health Organization classification system more...
Breast Cancerby Lesley Fallowfield; Andrew Clark
Routledge 1991; US$ 55.95Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease on women through all stages of treatment. It draws heavily on verbatim accounts of sufferers together with relevant findings and theories from scientific research. more...
Apoptosis in Normal Development and Cancerby M. Sluyser
CRC Press 1996; US$ 159.95In apoptosis in the mammalian system, cells have a finite life - they develop, are used and then die. Cancer cells escape this programmed routine but, from an understanding of apoptosis, they can be programmed to die. more...
Lung Cancer Therapy Annualby Heine H Hansen; Paul A Bunn Jr
Informa Healthcare 2001; US$ 99.95This annual outlines key aspects in early diagnosis, classification and staging, reviewing in depth the current literature, discussing the latest developments in treatment and summarizing the most recent data in chemotherapy and biologic therapy. more...
Colorectal Cancerby Hansjochen Wilke MD; Philippe Rougier MD PhD; Harry Bleiberg MD PhD; Nancy Kemeny MD
Informa Healthcare 2001; US$ 209.95A strong international team of contributors presents a detailed discussion of all aspects of the disease, including chapters on genetics, molecular pathology and a comprehensive overview of current and developing treatment strategies. more...
Handbook of Gynecologic Oncologyby Richard Barakat; Michael Bevers; David Gershenson; William J Hoskins
Taylor & Francis, A Martin Dunitz Book 2000; US$ 55.00This practical handbook of gynaecologic oncology provides a comprehensive but concise guide to the diagnosis and management of gynaecologic cancer Edited and written by the faculty of the gynaecologic oncology programs of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the second edition reviews and updates the various chapters, including new developments in management and a new chapter on germ cell and sex cord-stromal tumors The text is designed for fellows and residents in gynecologic oncology, radiation oncology and medical oncology as well as residents in obstetrics and gynecologic surgery and medicine It will also be a handy guide for medical students and practicing physicians more...
Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomaby Murray Brennan; Jonathan Lewis
Informa Healthcare 2002; US$ 179.95There has been a great deal of progress in the last two decades in the understanding of soft tissue sarcoma and accurate prognostic and therapeutic information is now available that removes much of the mystique. more...