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Coverage extends across the range of major hematologic malignancies and solid tumours, as well as reviews of pharmacology, biostatistics, genetics and tumour biology, and survivorship and palliative care. Each topic is consistently presented with the key points summarized in bullet point form for easy recall. Question-based headings enable the reader to systematically review and assess his knowledge.

A guide for musculoskeletal medicine trainees and physicians to the art and science of writing prescriptions and developing individualized treatment plans. It offers a comprehensive approach to the conservative treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

Lung cancer treatment has undergone major changes over the course of the past few years and the pace of new research and development is expected to continue at a high level for the immediate future. This title provides a comprehensive review for practitioners on the status of lung cancer treatment.

Cardiovascular medicine is witnessing an explosion in capability for remote monitoring of implantable electronic devices. This book provides a technical and clinical framework for implementation of remote monitoring in the clinic, with a generous supply of clinical vignettes designed to illustrate the real-world utilization of this new technology.

Provides a multidisciplinary update on the treatment of the complex area of malignant gliomas. Authoritative reviews and updates discuss recent advances in radiation therapy including coverage of emerging areas such as BNCT, proton therapy and brachytherapy applications in malignant glioma treatment. In addition, reviews of current developments in advanced and metabolic imaging, neuropathology, surgical approaches, anti-angiogenesis, kinase in...

Provides a practical guide to management of lung cancer and other cancers of the thoracic cavity. Edited by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists from leading institutions, the book is an essential day-to-day reference for evidence-based care in thoracic oncology.

This volume of Radiation Medicine Rounds gives the radiation oncology professional a complete overview of current best practice and emerging modalities for radiation treatment of hematologic malignancies. Authoritative reviews and updates discuss recent advances in radiation therapy in treatment of Hodgkins lymphoma, B-cell nodal and extranodal lymphomas, follicular lymphoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. In addition, reviews of current develo...

Provides a concise, visual approach to guide the practicing pathologist to a clear analysis and diagnosis of myeloid and lymphoid specimens. Coverage is comprehensive and for each entity will provide a short text description of the key points of the entity - definition, morphologic features, special stains, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry techniques, differential diagnosis, diagnostic features, special issues (e.g., prognostic or other...

Presents the full range of key lymph nodes disorder entities and diagnoses that a pathologist can expect to encounter in daily practice. Coverage includes infectious lymphadenopathies, reactive lympadenopathies, lymph node inclusions, spindle cell neoplasms of lymph nodes, mature B-cell neoplasms, mature T- and NK-cell neoplasms, Hodgkin lymphoma, precursor lymphoid neoplasms, and more. It is illustrated throughout and provides a handy summary...

Provides a visual encyclopedia of medical facilities, individual surgeons, and other medically related phenomena, accompanied by a text describing the main features of Civil War medicine. This book provides an overview of the medical experiences of the Civil War.

Although unconventional therapies have coexisted with traditional medicine for centuries, the extent of their utilization was only recently recognized, we now know between one third and one half of patients receiving traditional rehabilitation therapies have had some experience with what has come to be referred to variously as alternative, complementary, or integrative medicine. Given the pervasiveness and popularity of alternative medicine, p...

Atlas of Vascular Medicine" provides concise overviews of current management of vascular diseases. The book covers the major areas of vascular medicine in eight sections. Each section includes a concise overview of the area, followed by discussions of the major disease entities within that area. Each disease entity is introduced by an illustrative case presentation and is followed by a detailed topic review including clinical features, laborat...

This issue of "Emerging Cancer Therapeutics" provides a comprehensive review for practitioners on the current status of renal cancer treatment. Renal cancer treatment has undergone major changes over the course of the past few years and "Renal Cancer" addresses current best practices in the light of the most recent evidence. All of the chapters are written by international experts in the field, address the common clinical scenarios in renal ca...

This book emphasizes those therapies that can be used successfully by general neurologists and primary care physicians. It provides the basic skills needed to treat MS patients, emphasizing those therapies that can be used successfully in diverse clinical settings.

This is a pocket-sized, concise reference for new practitioners or trainees who must administer fluoroscopically guided spinal injections. Following an overview of spinal anatomy and imaging, the book describes state-of-the-art techniques in image-guided spinal injections, along with illustrations that identify optimal needle placement and contrast flow patterns for commonly given spinal injections.

This is a focused pocket-sized handbook designed for radiation oncology trainees and residents, to serve as an up-to-date, quick resource to lead them through all of the standard steps to plan and deliver radiotherapy for all major malignancies. The goal of the handbook is to provide evidence-based information but also to be reflective of the knowledge gained through experience in practice.

Encompassing the most recent developments in the treatment of movement disorders, this practical guide to clinical presentation, work-up, and management of common pathologies facilitates quick reference by busy clinicians. Detailing current medical, surgical, and non-pharmacologic approaches to the gamut of movement disorders, it is written in expanded outline format, with extensive use of flow charts, algorithms, and tables to provide importa...

A trusted resource for anyone involved in EEG interpretation, this compact handbook is designed for on-the-go reference. Covering the essential components of EEG in clinical practice, the book provides graphic examples of classic EEG presentations with essential text points of critical information to enhance reading skills to aid in improving patient outcomes.

Covers the key entities and diagnoses that pathologists see in daily practice, focusing on the salient H&E, histopathology of each entity with concise descriptions of clinical features, differential diagnosis, and references for further study. It provides the opportunity for correlation with clinical data and radiologic and laboratory findings that are essential to correct diagnosis of non-neoplastic disease, and correlation with morphologic a...

This is a fully interactive tool to teach interpretation of electrodiagnostic findings in the context of clinical vignettes. It uses a "game-show” quiz approach to make it both fun and challenging, with the goal of the programme being to teach users how to identify waveforms and appropriately interpret nerve conduction study and needle examination findings.