Overview
- Draws from an international pool of expert contributors
- Addresses the very specific issues and considerations in treating hematological cancer in the older patient
- Offers a multidisciplinary perspective, providing the reader with the big picture in hematological cancer care for elderly patients
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Riccardo A Audsio, MD, FRCS is Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Liverpool, and consultant at the Whiston Hospital, Prescot. His main research interest is exploring the role of surgery within the multidisciplinary management of cancer patients, particularly focusing on onco-geriatrics, and Dr Audisio currently sits on the editorial board of 12 publications. He is the editor-in-chief of Surgical Oncology (Elsevier). Â
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Ulrich Wedding, MD, PhD is consultant for Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Care, and Geriatric Medicine at the University Hospital in Jena, Germany. He is head of the department of palliative care. His clinical interests include cancer in the elderly, new drug development, supportive and palliative care. He has authored or coauthored numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs with a focus on aspects of cancer treatment in elderly patients. He is member of the editorial board of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology, and reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. He is past-chairman and current secretary of the Task Force Cancer in the Elderly of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), board member of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), and chairman of the Arbeitsgruppe Geriatrische Onkologie of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie of the German Cancer Society. He served as chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 10th International Meeting of the SIOG in Berlin in 2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Management of Hematological Cancer in Older People
Editors: Ulrich Wedding, Riccardo A. Audisio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2837-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2836-6Published: 03 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6971-0Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2837-3Published: 20 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 336
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Oncology, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Hematology, Surgical Oncology