By
- Waun Ki Hong, MD, DMSc (Hon), Head and Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, American Cancer Society Professor, Samsung Distinguished University Chair in Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
- Robert C. Bast, Jr, MD, Vice President for Translational Research, Harry Carrothers Wiess Distinguished University Chair for Cancer Research, Professor of Medicine, Department of Experimental Therapeutics MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas
- William N. Hait, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President and Worldwide Head, Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development, A Unit of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.D.
- Donald W. Kufe, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- James F. Holland, MD, Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
- Emil Frei III, MD, Physician in Chief, Emeritus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
The consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists, and others who treat cancer patients,Cancer Medicine 8 covers the ever-widening sphere of current cancer knowledge and clinical practice.
In this new 8th edition, an outstanding editorial team from world-renowned medical centers continues to hone the leading edge forged in previous editions, with timely information on biology, immunology, etiology, epidemiology, prevention, screening, pathology, imaging, and therapy.
The book is a testament to the editorial panel’s creed – that innovative, comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment of cancer patients must be grounded in a fundamental understanding of cancer biology. Cancer Medicine 8 does a superb job of bringing scientific principles into clinical practice. This text is the ultimate resource of new information providing the basis for better informed cancer therapy choices.
Cancer Medicine 8 features hundreds of 4-color illustrations, photographs, tables, graphs, and algorithms that make this text an invaluable clinical tool in recognizing characteristic appearances of both patient and tissue.
The 137 tightly focused chapters are organized into 5 sections:
- I CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CANCER
- II SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF CANCER
- III PRINCIPLES OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS
- IV PRINCIPLES OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
- V PRINCIPLES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT
Key Features
- Cancer Medicine 8 is published in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research.
- 10 new chapters in the 8th edition cover Epigenetics, Cancer Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer, Molecular Imaging, Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer, Personalized Medicine in Oncology Drug Development, Genomic and Systems Biology, Cancer Nanotechnology, Androgen Deprivation Strategies in the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer, Kemeny Treatment of Liver Metastases.
- Buyers of Cancer Medicine 8 will receive password access to Cancer Medicine 8 On-Line Edition, adatabase resource that includes the full text of the 8th edition, downloadable images from the text, and linkable references.Online version is available in January 2010
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