Manual of Adult and Paediatric Medical Oncology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. General Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Development of Cancer Chemotherapy

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 3-10

   3. Basic Concepts in Cancer Chemotherapy

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 11-21

   4. Evaluation of the Cancer Patient and the Response to Treatment

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 22-38

   5. Complications of the Disease and Their Treatment

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 39-49

   6. Present Achievements of Cancer Chemotherapy and Drugs Currently Used for Different Diseases

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 50-53

   7. The Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Their Characteristics

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 54-80

   8. Planning of Chemotherapy, Monitoring of Effects and Side Effects, Drug-Dose Modifications

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 81-89

   9. Hormone Treatment of Tumours

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 90-94

   10. Human Tumour Immunobiology

       • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

       Pages 95-101

   11. Education and Psychological Support of the Patient

       • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

       Pages 102-107

   12. Pain Control and Terminal Care

       • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

       Pages 108-115

   13. Organization of Cancer Treatment

       • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

       Pages 116-120

3. Management of Adult Malignancies by Site

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Acute Leukaemia

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 123-137

   3. Chronic Leukaemia

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 138-148

   4. Malignant Lymphomas

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 149-176

   5. Multiple Myeloma

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 177-187

   6. Breast Tumours

      • S. Monfardini, K. Brunner, D. Crowther, S. Eckhardt, D. Olive, S. Tanneberger et al.

      Pages 188-205

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.

• cancer treatment
• carcinoma
• hormones
• lymphoma
• pain
• tumor

• Centro Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano (Pordenone), Italy

  S. Monfardini, A. Veronesi

• Onkologie-Abteilung, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

  K. Brunner

• Manchester University and Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK

  D. Crowther

• National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary

  S. Eckhardt

• Service de Médécine Infantille II, Hopital d’Enfants Allée du Morovan, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France

  D. Olive

• Robert-Roessle-Institut, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin-Buch, G.D.R.

  S. Tanneberger

• CRC Medical Oncology Unit, Centre Block CF 99, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

  J. M. A. Whitehouse

• Division of Cancer Treatment, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA

  R. Wittes

Policies and ethics