Treatment of Cancer is a multi-author work and comprehensive guide on modern cancer treatment that aims to give clinician and student alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. Much 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.
Preface
Cancer Care: Today and Tomorrow
Contributors
1. Central Nervous System
Susan Short and Louise Murray
2. Adult Ocular and Orbital (Ocular Adnexa) Tumors
P.N. Plowman, Rachel Lewis, and J.L. Hungerford
3. Head and Neck Cancer
Lorcan O’Toole and Nicholas D. Stafford
4. Thyroid
Kate Newbold and Clive Harmer
5. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors
Natasha Shrikrishnapalasuriyar, P.N. Plowman, Márta Korbonits, and Ashley B. Grossman
6. Breast Cancer
Amy Case, Gwenllian Edwards, and Catherine Pembroke
7. Lung Cancer
Michael Flynn and Nadia Yousaf
8. Esophageal Cancer
Jennifer Kahan, Carys Morgan, Kieran Foley, and Thomas Crosby
9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Daniel H. Palmer and Philip J. Johnson
10. Pancreatic Cancer
Kulbir Mann, Andrea Sheel, and Paula Ghaneh
11. Biliary Tract Cancer
Hemant M. Kocher, Vincent S. Yip, and Ajit T. Abraham
12. Gastric Cancer
Mark A. Baxter and Russell D. Petty
13. Bladder Cancer
Robert Huddart and Pradeep Kumar
14. Prostate Cancer
Malcolm Mason and Howard Kynaston
15. Colorectal Cancer
Harpreet Wasan and Richard Adams
16. Anus
Bernard J. Cummings and James D. Brierley
17. Germ-Cell Cancer of the Testis and Related Neoplasms
Amy Kwan and Danish Mazhar
18. Renal Cell Cancer
Sarah Ellis and Joanna Hack
19. Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Robert D. Morgan, Andrew R. Clamp, and Gordon C. Jayson
20. Uterine Cancer
Claudia von Arx, Hani Gabra, and Christina Fotopoulou
21. Cervical Cancer
Georgios Imseeh and Alexandra Taylor
22. Carcinoma of the Vagina and Vulva
Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami and Kostas Lathouras
23. Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
Michael J. Seckl
24. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Irene De Francesco, Sean Whittaker, and Stephen L. Morris
25. Malignant Melanoma
James Larkin and Lisa Pickering
26. Primary Bone Tumors
Jeremy S. Whelan, Rob C. Pollock, Rachael E. Windsor, and Mahbubl Ahmed
27. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Thomas F. DeLaney, David C. Harmon, Karol Sikora, and Francis J. Hornicek
28. Leukemias
Tariq I. Mughal
29. Hodgkin Lymphoma
Dennis A. Eichenauer and Andreas Engert
30. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Piers Blombery and David C. Linch
31. Multiple Myeloma
Guy Pratt
32. Pediatric Oncology
Stephen Lowis, Rachel Cox, John Moppett, and Helen Rees
33. AIDS-Related Malignancy
Mark Bower, Elena Gervasi, and Alessia Dalla Pria
34. Clinical Cancer Genetics
Rosalind A. Eeles and Lisa J. Walker
35. Lifestyle Factors in Cancer Survivorship
Robert Thomas
Index
Biography
Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Visiting Professor in the Division of Surgery within the 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 the charity Action Radiotherapy which acts as the secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on 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 is Medical Director, Rutherford Health, and Professor of Medicine, University of Buckingham, UK. He was Clinical Director for Cancer Services at Imperial Healthcare for over 20 years and founded the University of Buckingham Medical School before setting up Rutherford Health, a network of integrated cancer centres which include proton therapy.
