- The thoroughly updated Fifth Edition of this Spiral Manual is a practical, accessible guide to the management of patients with cancer.

When you need quick access to cancer management information, you want all the facts at your fingertips.

Features:

• Detailed coverage takes from the principles of diagnosis and treatment to strategies for managing specific malignancies and complications of cancer

• Concise, treatment orientated presentation provides the practical perspectives you need to make effective clinical decisions

• Rapid-reference format makes this the perfect quick bedside consuilt, during conferences, in the lab - or anywhere

• Expert contributions from oncologists involved in patient care help you choose the right treatment course for each patient

• Useful appendices tabulate cytogenic nomenclature, tumour identifiers, immunohistochemical diagnosis, classification criteria for lymphoproliferative diseases and acute leukemias, complications of chemotherapy, and chemotherapeutic regimens for lymphomas

• The content, organisation, focus and avoidance of duplication and equivocation make this manual extremely useful for preparaing for oncology Board exams

• Completely overhauled chapters on cancer chemotherapeutic agents, supportive care, head and neck cancers, breast cancers, neurologic tumours. and neuromuscular and infectious complications of cancer make sure your patients have all the options

• All hematopoietic malignances are classified according to the new World Health Organisation system

• Updated content throughout helps you base your clinical choices on current information