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Cancer Treatment Research

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Aisner

    1. Section of Medical Oncology, Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Paul Chang

    1. Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, USA
      Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology (DION, volume 2)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. New Approaches to the Diagnosis and Classification of the Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

    • Elaine S. Jaffe, Raul C. Braylan, Koji Nanba, Costan W. Berard
    Pages 1-23

  3. Staging and Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

    • Charles H. Diggs
    Pages 24-50

  4. Current Issues in the Management of Patients with Hodgkin’s Disease

    • Peter H. Wiernik
    Pages 51-61

  5. The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Cancer of the Head and Neck

    • Ralph M. Scott
    Pages 62-68

  6. Systemic Chemotherapy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

    • Franco M. Muggia, Marcel Rozencweig
    Pages 69-87

  7. Carcinoma of the Thyroid

    • Stephen C. Schimpff
    Pages 88-102

  8. Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Abdominal Malignancy

    • David H. Stephens, Patrick F. Sheedy II
    Pages 103-118

  9. Management of Gastric and Pancreatic Cancer

    • J. J. Gullo, M. Citron, F. P. Smith, J. S. Macdonald, P. S. Schein
    Pages 119-141

  10. Chemotherapeutic Management of Bladder Cancer

    • Donald J. Higby
    Pages 142-152

  11. Mammography

    • Erlinda S. McCrea
    Pages 153-170

  12. Breast Parenchymal Patterns on Mammography and Their Relationship to Carcinoma

    • John N. Wolfe
    Pages 171-182

  13. Initial Management of Carcinoma of the Breast with Radiation Therapy Instead of Mastectomy

    • Leonard R. Prosnitz
    Pages 183-196

  14. The Surgical Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer

    • Richard G. Margolese
    Pages 197-215

  15. Clinical Applications of Cell Kinetics to Chemotherapy of Human Malignancy

    • Alvin M. Mauer
    Pages 216-226

  16. Adjuvant Therapy in Childhood Neoplasms — An Overview

    • W. W. Sutow
    Pages 227-243

  17. An Overview of Adjuvant Therapy in Man

    • Emil J. Freireich
    Pages 244-255

  18. An Overview of Unconventional (Fraudulent) Treatments of Cancer

    • Daniel S. Martin
    Pages 256-269

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 270-271
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In recent years the field of cancer treatment has been burgeoning with ever expanding interest and commitments to research and therapy. Besides the large number of specialty journals and publications devoted to cancer related fields, nearly every general medical journal contains one or more articles related to cancer treatment and research. Another example of this expanding commitment and interest is reflected in the Internal Medicine subspecialty of Medical Oncology which, since its recognition as a subspecialty in 1973, has become the second most populated subspecialty, second only to cardiology. This burgeoning interest and commitment is obviously appropriate in view of the prevalence and incidence of the various cancers. These diseases constitute, after all, some of the most important and devastating problems of civilized man. It has been particularly gratifying to those involved with cancer research and therapy to observe the increasing interest in these diseases being translated into real improvements in patient care - improvements in length of survival, improvements in quality of survival, and improvements in palliative care. One need only look at Hodgkin's disease to observe the high rate of cure now routinely obtained whereas, in the past, many patients' disease continued to progress with fatal consequences. Some of these improvements came about through better staging techniques, and other improvements, as will be discussed in the chapter on Hodgkin's, came about from the application of early chemotherapy. Further research in Hodgkin's disease is still going on in order to improve results and decrease treatment related complications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of Medical Oncology, Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, USA

    Joseph Aisner

  • Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, USA

    Paul Chang

  • Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, USA

    Paul Chang

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