Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781754925 ISBN 13: 9780781754927

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Synopsis

The definitive, most comprehensive text on pediatric oncology is now in its thoroughly updated Fifth Edition. A multidisciplinary group of the world's foremost specialists presents state-of-the-art information and guidelines on every aspect of pediatric cancer--from molecular biology and genetics to diagnosis, multimodal therapy, follow-up, and supportive care. This edition has new chapters on pathology and molecular diagnosis of leukemias and lymphomas, cellular and gene therapies, regulating patient safety in cancer treatment, non-rhabdo soft tissue sarcomas of childhood, and communicating with patients and families. Many of the previous edition's chapters have been rewritten by new contributors. Also included are up-to-date listings of resources for patients, families, and physicians.

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Review

Surgical Oncology -- "Principles and Practice is widely accepted to have a pedigree as one of the most comprehensive books in this field. It has been thoroughly revised for its fifth edition. With specific regard to the surgeon there is a very good chapter on the princples of surgical therapy written by some of the big names of North American Paediatric Surgery. This reaffirms the importance of the 'Paediatric Surgical Oncologist', and nicely covers the principles of surgery. There is an excellent discussion on the risks of anaesthesia for anterior mediastinal masses with a clear algorithm for pre-operative investigations to assess the risk and provide a guide to the safest method of biopsy. The main appeal of this book, however, is the fact that the surgeon can easily find detailed information on such things as tumour markers, diagnosis, In summary the book covers all aspects of children's cancer in detail. This book is an excellent reference text and would form the cornerstone of knowledge for a busy paediatric surgical oncologist."

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781754925
• ISBN 13: 9780781754927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1780
• Editor: Pizzo Philip A., Poplack David G.