Basics of Oncology

• Main Authors: Aigner, Karl Reinhard. (Author), Stephens, Frederick O. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Nursing.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92925-3

"Basics of Oncology" provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed, both for cancers in g...

Table of Contents:

• The Cancer Problem: What Is Malignancy?- Epidemiology
• Summary of Practical Measures to Prevent Cancer. General Features of Cancer- Presentation and Management: Symptoms of Cancer - Local and General
• Signs of Cancer - Local and General
• Clinico-Pathology of Cancer.-Investigations in Detecting Cancer
• Treating Cancer
• Relationships between Patients, their Doctors and the Healthcare Team. Most Common Cancers: Skin Cancers
• Lung Cancer.-Breast Cancer
• Cancers of the Digestive System
• Head and Neck Cancers
• Cancers of the Female Genital Organs
• Cancers of the Male Genital Organs
• Cancers of the Bladder and Kidneys
• Cancers of the Brain.-The Leukaemias and Lymphomas.-Soft Tissue Sarcomas.-Malignant Tumours of Bone and Cartilage.-Metastatic Cancer. Making Progress:Techniques and Measurements of Progress
• Future Directions.