Cancer Facts: A Concise Oncology Text

What odds would you give your patients for getting cancer and beating it?Cancer Facts provides incidence, mortality, risks, trends, and management information distilled into a concise text by 55 leading clinicians and scientists. It bridges the gap between the scattered, sometimes superficial, information in general medical and surgical texts and the large oncology reference volumes used by practicing oncologists.Topics covered include epidemiology, basic medical science, major treatment modalities, oncological emergencies, cancer in AIDS patients, and the doctor-patient relationship. For ease of reference, "Fast Fact Sheets" present the key data on lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer, melanoma, and tumors of the endocrine system.With 25-30% of all deaths being cancer related, this book is essential reading for medical students, interns, residents and registrars, specialists in fields other than oncology, nurses, paramedical staff, research workers needing some clinical