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Oncology for palliative medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoskin, Peter J.
Other Authors: Makin, Wendy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Neoplasms > therapy.
Palliative Care.
Table of Contents:
  • Palliative oncology
  • Cancer biology
  • Epidemiology and cancer trials
  • The role of surgical and radiological intervention in palliation
  • Principles of radiotherapy
  • Systemic therapy : chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy
  • Lung cancer and mesothelioma
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Urological cancer
  • Upper gastrointestinal tumours
  • Head and neck cancers
  • Gynaecological cancer
  • Central nervous system tumours
  • Lymphomas
  • Leukaemia and myeloma
  • Skin tumours - Bone and soft tissue tumours
  • Malignancy of unknown primary site
  • Malignancy associated with HIV infection
  • Bone metastases
  • Liver metastases
  • Metastic disease of the thorax
  • Metastases involving the brain and meninges
  • Tumour-associated problems : pain
  • Other tumour-associated problems
  • Death