Clinical Oncology Hardcover - 2004

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Clinical solutions and the science behind them... This completely revised 3rd Edition provides readers with an easy-to-use, comprehensive reference that features a clinical perspective balanced with relevant basic science. Readers will find the latest developments in basic science, pathology, diagnosis, management, outcomes, rehabilitation, and prevention. The addition of basic science editor Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD ensures complete coverage of essential scientific information, including molecular tools in cancer research, cellular microenvironment, stem cells in cancer susceptibility genes, and more. Plus, a new templated, four-colour design with highlighted boxes and algorithms offers easy access to pertinent information. This book is also available with an accompanying website. Click on Related Titles for more information.

• Features the addition of basic science editor Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, ensuring complete coverage of essential scientific topics.
• Discusses the latest advances, including the most current developments in stem cell therapies and new approaches to innovations in diagnosis.
• Provides new information on geriatric oncology, as well as new chapters on pathology, imaging, and molecularly targeted therapies.
• Covers the hottest topics in the field, such as molecular tools in cancer research, cellular microenvironment, stem cells in cancer susceptibility genes, and more.
• Presents a multidisciplinary approach to disease chapters, including a pathologist, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, and surgeon.
• Includes a CD-ROM image bank of the text's illustrations downloadable into PowerPoint(R) presentations.
• Offers a user-friendly layout with standard chapter templates
• summary boxes at the beginning of each chapter
• management "opinion" boxes
• a new full-color design
• and over 1,000 full-color illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms.
• And much more!