Clinical Endocrine Oncology - Hardcover

Sheaves, Richard; Jenkins, Paul; Wass, John A. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086542862X ISBN 13: 9780865428621

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1997

Synopsis

Utilising the expertise of a carefully–selected team of internationally acclaimed authors, Clinical Endocrine Oncology contains 87 chapters that reflect the most authoritative and up–to–date information available. The text provides background information, including basic science, genetics (where applicable), clinical investigative protocols, and scientific and practical treatment plans. As the most comprehensive text ever assembled on this topic, Clinical Endocrine Oncology is essential reading and will likely become an invaluable reference source in every endocrine unit.

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Review:

"...this book will be an essential reference for units engaged in the care of patients with endocrine tumors."; New England Journal of Medicine; From the Foreword: "This book meets a hitherto unmet need for the collection of authoritative information on endocrine oncology which previously was scattered in textbooks of endocrinology, medicine, oncology, radiology and pathology. It is a pleasure to see this volume come to fruition." Michael O Thorner, University of Virginia Health Health Sciences Center

From the Back Cover:

Endocrine oncology is a field which is expanding rapidly as a result of the explosion of molecular biological research in this area and the advances in diagnosis made possible by the advent of CT, MRI and angiography. It is a large part of endocrine practice: many of the tumours are non–malignant, but have endocrine effects (eg. acromegaly) through hormone secretion. Even the jobbing endocrinologist outside an academic or referral centre could expect 80% of their work to involve endocrine oncology. The oncologist, on the other hand, is only likely to see endocrine reproductive, primarily gynaecological problems, about 30% of the workload. St. Bartholemew′s is a world renowned centre: through its contacts and through the journal, it is proposed to develop a highly structured clinical and

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 086542862X
• ISBN 13: 9780865428621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576