DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology has been acclaimed by the worldwide medical community as the standard-setting oncology reference. Its primary goal is to present the practicing oncologist with the practical as well as cutting-edge information needed to ensure the best possible care for each individual patient. The hallmark of this book from its inception and a major reason it has gained worldwide acceptance as the definitive source of cancer information has been its approach to the treatment of cancer patients by stage of presentation with a tightly coordinated description of the role of each treatment modality in the care of individual patients. To ensure a balance multidisciplinary approach, a surgeon, a medical oncologist, and a radiation oncologist author each of the major treatment chapters. Each of the major treatment sections is preceded by an updated, brief chapter describing the molecular biology of that cancer and the prospects this new information holds for the improved management of cancer patients. Greater emphasis has been given in recent editions to the increasing importance of molecular biology and cancer screening and prevention, as well as palliative care, supportive oncology and quality of life issues.
NEW 11 new chapters --NEW 25% new 4-color illustrations --NEW completely revamped art program with new/redrawn pieces of art --NEW updates to book posted quarterly (available with purchase of print book) --NEW single volume text for greater portability --Cutting edge information on the science and practice of oncology --Discusses in detail the growing importance of prevention, early screening, and quality of life issues for cancer patients --Exhaustive coverage of combined modality cancer treatment --Greater emphasis on the increasing role of biologic therapy in the treatment of cancer --Over 300 1st rate contributors --The single, most comprehensive oncology reference ever published
Editor Vincent T DeVita MD
Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT Editor Theodore S Lawrence MD, PhD
Isadore Lampe Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Editor Steven A Rosenberg MD, PhD
Chief of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; Professor of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC Consulting Editor Ronald A DePinho MD
Director, Center for Applied Cancer Science, Belfer Institute for Innovative Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society Research Professor, Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Consulting Editor Robert A Weinberg PhD
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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