Manual Of Adult And Paediatric Medical Oncology (uicc International Union Against Cancer)

It is a very special honour for me to be able to present this handbook of medical oncology, which under diverse headings and origins covers such a vast spectrum of experience. I be­ lieve the reader will be struck in particular by the impressive volume of information available, especially with regard to childhood tumours, which represent, today, an immense "lab­ oratory of hope". It is in this very field that we oncologists have been able to obtain the most consoling results in recent years. I feel sure that all those who read these chapters will find that their oncological competence is enriched and also in a certain sense that their wish to contribute to progress in can­ cer research and treatment has been renewed. In conclusion, my most heartfelt congratulations go to the authors for the excellent job they have done, as well as my ad­ miration for having been able to concentrate so much pre­ cious and innovative information into so little space. Umberto Veronesi Preface Since 1976, the VICC has been holding chemotherapy courses in all parts of the world, excluding North America and Australia. The Manual of Cancer Chemotherapy, origi­ nally devised as a didactic tool to be used by course partici­ pants, expanded itself in the successive editions to a compre­ hensive, although schematic, textbook of medical oncology. Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Development of Cancer Chemotherapy....Pages 3-10 Basic Concepts in Cancer Chemotherapy....Pages 11-21 Evaluation of the Cancer Patient and the Response to Treatment....Pages 22-38 Complications of the Disease and Their Treatment....Pages 39-49 Present Achievements of Cancer Chemotherapy and Drugs Currently Used for Different Diseases....Pages 50-53 The Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Their Characteristics....Pages 54-80 Planning of Chemotherapy, Monitoring of Effects and Side Effects, Drug-Dose Modifications....Pages 81-89 Hormone Treatment of Tumours....Pages 90-94 Human Tumour Immunobiology....Pages 95-101 Education and Psychological Support of the Patient....Pages 102-107 Pain Control and Terminal Care....Pages 108-115 Organization of Cancer Treatment....Pages 116-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Acute Leukaemia....Pages 123-137 Chronic Leukaemia....Pages 138-148 Malignant Lymphomas....Pages 149-176 Multiple Myeloma....Pages 177-187 Breast Tumours....Pages 188-205 Gastrointestinal Tumours....Pages 206-216 Lung Tumours....Pages 217-225 Urogenital Tumours I: Kidney, Renal Pelvis, Ureter, Bladder....Pages 226-232 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Urogenital Tumours II: Prostate, Testis....Pages 233-249 Gynaecological Tumours....Pages 250-265 Skin Tumours....Pages 266-273 Head and Neck Tumours....Pages 274-278 Soft-Tissue Sarcoma....Pages 279-284 Tumours of the Endocrine Organs and Apudomas....Pages 285-294 Adult Central Nervous System Tumours....Pages 295-301 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 General Characteristics of Paediatric Tumours....Pages 305-309 Wilms’ Tumour....Pages 310-318 Neuroblastoma....Pages 319-325 Rhabdomyosarcomas....Pages 326-334 Paediatric Bone Tumours....Pages 335-345 Childhood Brain Tumours....Pages 346-352 Paediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas....Pages 353-364 Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia....Pages 365-371 Front Matter....Pages 373-373 “Mediterranean Abdominal Lymphoma” (Immunoproliferative Small-Intestine Disease)....Pages 375-378 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma....Pages 379-381 Oesophageal Carcinoma....Pages 382-384 Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Tropics....Pages 385-388 Bladder Cancer....Pages 389-392 Back Matter....Pages 393-404