Textbook of Medical Oncology (Fourth Edition) (Cavalli Textbook of Medical Oncology)

476 Pages·2009·7.75 MB·English

by  Heine H. Hansen, Stanley B. Kaye, Franco Cavalli

TEXTBOOK OF
MEDICAL
ONCOLOGY

FOURTH EDITION

EDITED BY

FRANCO CAVALLI
STAN B KAYE
HEINE H HANSEN
JAMES O ARMITAGE
MARTINE J PICCART-GEBHART

TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

CAVALLI
KAYE
HANSEN
ARMITAGE
PICCART-GEBHART

TEXTBOOK OF
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

FOURTH EDITION

About the book

Effective care of the cancer patient increasingly involves systemic treatment, and as the
range of available therapeutic agents continues to expand, the medical oncologist must
be fully aware of the rationale for choosing specific drugs and combinations. Textbook of
Medical Oncology, 4th edition, is written by a highly acclaimed list of international authors
and is a key source of reference for all working in the field of oncology.

About the editors

Franco Cavalli MD FRCP is Director of the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland
and Professor in Medical Oncology at the University of Bern, Switzerland and University
of Varese, Italy. He is the Founder of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study
Group and the founding Editor of Annals of Oncology. He is the immediate past President
of the International Union Against Cancer.

Stan B Kaye BSc MD FRCP FMedSci is Cancer Research UK Professor of Medical
Oncology, and Head of the Section of Medicine at the Institute of Cancer Research,
London. He is also Head of the Drug Development Unit at The Royal Marsden Hospital,
London, United Kingdom.

Heine H Hansen MD FRCP is Professor of Medical Oncology at the Finsen Center,
National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark and Professor of Clinical Oncology
at the University of Copenhagen since 1991. He is also the past executive Director and
President of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and European
Society of Medical Oncology.

James O Armitage MD FRCP is The Joe Shapiro Professor of Internal Medicine, Section
of Hematology & Oncology, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA. He was
President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1996-1997 and the President
of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2000-2001.

Martine J Piccart-Gebhart MD PhD is Professor of Oncology at the Université Libre de
Bruxelles and Director of the Medicine Department at the Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels,
Belgium. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology board and the
President of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

Also available

Extranodal Lymphomas: Pathology and Management
Edited by Franco Cavalli, Harald Stein and Emanuele Zucca (ISBN: 9780415426763)

Textbook of Lung Cancer, 2nd edition
Edited by Heine Hansen (ISBN: 9780415385107)

ESMO Handbook of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation
Edited by Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Laura Van’t Veer, Jan Vermorken and Dirk Schrijvers
(ISBN: 9780415390866)

Lung Cancer Therapy Annual 6
Edited by Heine Hansen (ISBN: 9780415465458)

Contents

• Molecular biology of cancer

• Principles of systemic therapy

• Principles and examples of cancer (cell)
specific therapies

• Principles of clinical trials

• Breast cancer

• Gynecologic cancer

• Head and neck cancer

• Primary malignant tumors of the lung
and pleura

• Gastrointestinal cancer

• Cancers of the genitourinary tract

• Sarcomas

• Leukemias

• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas

• Hodgkin lymphoma

• Multiple myeloma

• Management of gliomas, medulloblastoma,
CNS germ cell tumors and carcinomas
metastatic to the CNS

• Malignant melanoma

• Cancer of unknown primary site

• Medical emergencies

• Symptom control and palliative care

• Psycho-oncology and communication

• Inherited predisposition to cancer: genetic
counseling and clinical management

• Agents used in the treatment of cancer

FOURTH
EDITION

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Textbook of
Medical Oncology

Fourth Edition

Edited by

Franco Cavalli, MD FRCP
Professor and Director
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland
Ospedale San Giovanni
Bellinzona, Switzerland

Stan B. Kaye, BSc MD FRCP FMedSci
CRUK Professor of Medical Oncology
Head of Section of Medicine
Institute of Cancer Research
Royal Marsden Hospital
Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Heine H. Hansen, MD FRCP
Professor of Medical Oncology
The Finsen Center
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark

James O. Armitage, MD FRCP
The Joe Shapiro Professor of Internal Medicine
Section of Oncology Hematology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD PhD
Head of Medicine Department
Institut Jules Bordet
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium

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