Treating cancer has always been a major challenge. Although great strides in treatment have taken place in recent years, all too often current treatments are less than effective, or patients relapse. Newer methods of cancer treatment, namely targeted therapy and immunotherapy have generated great excitement in the scientific community. These newer ......
A concise and comprehensive resource for anyone who treats patients with local, advanced, or metastatic melanoma in all its various forms. Chapters cover the pathology, treatment, and management of all presentations of melanoma. The content emphasizesoverall treatment guidelines and more nuanced applications for patient groups who have different ......
Provides a step-by-step guide to implementing external beam treatment plans that meet clinical requirements for each major disease site. The book focuses on the technical aspects of treatment planning and the major challenges in creating highly conformal dose distributions, referenced to as treatment plans, for external beam radiotherapy.
A comprehensive guide for the practicing physician and medical physicist in the management of intracranial and extracranial disease. It is a state-of-the-science book presenting the scientific principles, clinical background and procedures, treatment planning, and treatment delivery of SRS and SBRT for the treatment of tumours throughout the body.
The most comprehensive clinical reference on sarcomas available to oncologists. Led by the world's foremost sarcomas experts, the book addresses the general principles of each major medical discipline, provides details on each major sarcoma subtype, and presents the evidence for standard frontline, adjuvant, and novel treatment approaches.
Tests and reinforces your knowledge of key concepts, critical studies, and major clinical guidelines, with the most important radiation oncology citations included. Detailed questions cover natural history, epidemiology, diagnosis, staging, treatment options, and treatment-related side effects all in a newly configured format.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical cancer research, including the full spectrum of methodologies used in the field. The book offers a mix of practical advice and analytical tools for effective training in theoretical principles as well as specific, usable teaching examples.
Now in its second edition, this guide to clinical radiation oncology is the ideal pocket companion for the practicing physician during rounds and other clinical settings. Organized by site-specific diseases, chapters present the must-know key points, including treatment options by stage, technical considerations, and important items for follow-up.
The second edition of Oncology Clinical Trials has been thoroughly revised and updated and now contains the latest designs and methods of conducting and analyzing cancer clinical trials in the era of precision medicine with biologic agents-including trials investigating the safety and efficacy of targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and ......
