Practical Clinical Oncology

Practical Clinical Oncology, 2nd edition, provides a practical and comprehensive review of the current management of common types of cancer. Introductory chapters give background information on the main treatment modalities and other key issues such as acute oncology, palliative care and clinical research, with new chapters on pathology and advanced external beam radiotherapy. Subsequent chapters describe the diagnosis and treatment of malignancies, based on tumour site or type. Finally, multiple choice questions allow the reader to test their knowledge. This edition has been fully updated to reflect the most current developments in radiotherapy, tumour biology and drug therapy. With an emphasis on practical aspects of cancer care that will be relevant to day-to-day decision making, this book is an invaluable resource on contemporary clinical management of the cancer patient for all trainees and practitioners involved in clinical oncology, medical oncology and palliative care, as well as for specialist nurses and radiographers.

1. Practical issues in the use of chemotherapy in cancer Usman Malik and Philip Savage; 2. Biological treatments in cancer Amy Quinton and Rachel Jones; 3. Hormones in cancer Jacinta Abraham and John Staffurth; 4. Pathology in cancer Hywel Thomas and Mick Button; 5. Radiotherapy planning 1: fundamentals of external beam and brachytherapy Andrew Tyler and Louise Hanna; 6. Radiotherapy planning 2: advanced external beam radiotherapy techniques Tony Millin; 7. Research in cancer Robert Hills; 8. Acute oncology 1: oncological emergencies Betsan Mai Thomas and Paul Shaw; 9. Acute oncology 2: cancer of unknown primary Najmus Sahar Iqbal and Paul Shaw; 10. Palliative care Siwan Seaman and Simon Noble; 11. Management of cancer of the head and neck Nachi Palaniappan, Waheeda Owadally and Mererid Evans; 12. Management of cancer of the oesophagus Carys Morgan and Tom Crosby; 13. Management of cancer of the stomach Sarah Gwynne, Mick Button and Tom Crosby; 14. Management of cancer of the liver, gallbladder and biliary tract Emma Harrett, Seema Safia Arif and Somnath Mukherjee; 15. Management of cancer of the exocrine pancreas Rhian Sian Davies, Sarah Gwynne and Somnath Mukherjee; 16. Management of cancer of the colon and rectum Loretta Sweeney and Richard Adams; 17. Management of cancer of the anus Richard Adams and Paul Shaw; 18. Management of gastrointestinal stromal tumours Carys Morgan, Kate Parker and Sarah Gwynne; 19. Management of cancer of the breast Delia Pudney, James Powell, Jacinta Abraham and Nayyer Iqbal; 20. Management of cancer of the kidney Rhian Sian Davies, Jason Lester and John Wagstaff; 21. Management of cancer of the bladder Samantha Cox and Jacob Tanguay; 22. Management of cancer of the prostate Jim Barber and John Staffurth; 23. Management of cancer of the testis Jim Barber and Satish Kumar; 24. Management of cancer of the penis Jim Barber; 25. Management of cancer of the ovary Rachel Jones and Louise Hanna; 26. Management of cancer of the body of the uterus Catherine Pembroke, Emma Hudson and Louise Hanna; 27. Management of cancer of the cervix Samantha Cox, Kate Parker and Louise Hanna; 28. Management of cancer of the vagina Rashmi Jadon, Emma Hudson and Louise Hanna; 29. Management of cancer of the vulva Rashmi Jadon, Emma Hudson and Louise Hanna; 30. Management of gestational trophoblast tumours Philip Savage; 31. Management of cancer of the lung Alison Brewster and Fergus Macbeth; 32. Management of mesothelioma Louise Hanna, Jason Lester and Fergus Macbeth; 33. Management of soft tissue and bone tumours in adults Owen Tilsley; 34. Management of the lymphomas and myeloma Eve Gallop-Evans; 35. Management of cancers of the central nervous system Sean Elyan; 36. Management of skin cancer other than melanoma Sankha Suvra Mitra; 37. Management of melanoma Satish Kumar and Julie Martin; 38. Management of cancer of the thyroid Laura Moss; 39. Management of neuroendocrine tumours Andrew Lansdown and Aled Rees; 40. Management of cancer in children Owen Tilsley.

Louise Hanna is Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the Department of Oncology at the Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK.
Tom Crosby is Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the Department of Oncology at the Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK.
Fergus Macbeth is Associate Director of the Wales Cancer Trials Unit at Cardiff University, UK.