edited by Chris Williams ; associate editors, Vivien Bramwell [and others].
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London :
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BMJ Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xvi, 618 pages) :
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illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Evidence-Based Medicine
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Ch. 1. Appraising clinical literature in cancer -- Ch. 2. Finding the "best evidence" for cancer care -- Ch. 3. Understanding the concepts behind health economics -- Ch. 4. Stringent application of epidemiological criteria changes the interpretation of the effects of immunotherapy in advanced renal cell cancer -- Ch. 5. Which interventions help individuals to stop smoking? -- Ch. 6. Breast cancer prevention trials -- Ch. 7. Is cancer risk reduced by a health-enhancing diet? -- Ch. 8. Is cancer risk reduced by the intake or supplementation of retinoids and carotenoids? -- Ch. 9. Do primary and secondary prevention interventions for sun protection reduce the risk of skin cancers? -- Ch. 10. Do sunscreens reduce the incidence skin cancers? -- Ch. 11. Can lifestyle behaviour change reduce the risk and incidence of urological cancers? -- Ch. 12. What is the role of prophylactic surgery in the prevention of colorectal cancer? -- Ch. 13. Screening for breast cancer -- Ch. 14. Cervical screening -- Ch. 15. Screening for prostate cancer -- Ch. 16. Screening for ovarian cancer -- Ch. 17. Screening for colorectal cancer -- Ch. 18. Screening for lung cancer -- Ch. 19. Screening for stomach cancer -- Ch. 20. Screening for melanoma -- Ch. 21. Lung cancer -- Ch. 22. Malignant pleural mesothelioma -- Ch. 23. Cancer of the oesophagus -- Ch. 24. Gastric carcinoma -- Ch. 25. Pancreatic cancer.
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Ch. 26. Hepatobiliary cancers -- Ch. 27. The treatment of cancers of the small bowel -- Ch. 28. The treatment of carcinoma of the colon and rectum -- Ch. 29. Treatment of anal cancer -- Ch. 30. Kidney cancer -- Ch. 31. Cancer of the bladder -- Ch. 32. Cancer of the prostate -- Ch. 33. Cancer of the penis -- Ch. 34. Testicular germ cell cancer -- Ch. 35. Ovarian and fallopian tube cancers -- Ch. 36. Cancers of the uterine corpus -- Ch. 37. Cancer of the cervix and vagina -- Ch. 38. Treating vulval cancer -- Ch. 39. Gestational trophobastic disease -- Ch. 40. Breast cancer -- Ch. 41. Cutaneous melanoma -- Ch. 42. Treatment of basal cell carcinoma -- Ch. 43. Squamous cell carcinoma -- Ch. 44. Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma -- Ch. 45. Kaposi's sarcoma -- Ch. 46. Soft tissue sarcoma -- Ch. 47. Central nervous system tumours -- Ch. 48. Uveal melanoma -- Ch. 49. Ocular adnexal and orbital tumours.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A comprehensive text concentrating on optimum treatment for solid tumours in adults, based on available evidence. The most commonly asked questions for treatment of the different conditions will be identified and evidence based strategies suggested. It will be kept up to date with its own website.