Overview
- Updated medical, surgical and clinical oncology side effects
- Covers the state-of-the-art therapies
- Shows methods of prevention and/or treatment
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The third edition of this book has been extensively expanded to discuss all aspects of cancer treatment side-effects in everyday life, covering a range of issues from skin problems to fertility problems, Divided in three major parts, the first part covers medical cancer therapy side effects, ranging from organ-related toxicities to drug group particularities. In the second part the adverse events in surgery are extensively discussed, covering issues in regular and robotic surgery and discussing indications and effectiveness. Finally, in the third part, the balance of efficacy versus toxicity in radiotherapy is discussed for different tumor types.
The reader will learn about the state of the art in cancer therapies and their side-effects as well as possible prevention. Chapters remain up to date via electronic updates and include all the latest progress in drug discovery, surgery and radiotherapy.
This is a very comprehensive work written by a team of world experts and edited by key opinion leaders. This book is aimed at medical, surgical and clinical oncologists but is a great resource for junior doctors, trainees, pharmacists and nurses.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mario Dicato, Hematology-Oncology Service at Luxembourg Medical Center, Luxembourg, and Head of the Research Laboratory of the Luxembourg Foundation for Research on Cancer and Blood Disorders. M. Dicato trained at Lausanne University, completed his postgraduate training at the Universities of Geneva, Switzerland, Pittsburgh and Yale, USA. He did his fellowship (subspecialty training) in hematology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and was Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine at Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, is full professor and Head of the division of Digestive Oncology at University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (KUL) and University Hospitals Leuven. He became in 2018 doctor honoris causa of the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. He is member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine and president of the Belgian Foundation against Cancer and received in 2019 the ESMO Award. His research focuses on the development of new treatment strategies for GI cancers, including drug development and the identification of molecular markers and diagnostic tools. He has published more than 560 peer-reviewed articles, leading to more than 68500 citations and an H-Factor of 118. In 2013, Capital magazine ranked Prof Van Cutsem in the top three reputed colon cancer experts globally. Thomson Reuters ranks him in the top 1% for impact in his domain. He co-founded the ESMO GI/World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, and is Chair of the meeting in Barcelona, Spain. He serves/served on the board or key committee of several international societies, including ESMO, ASCO, ENET, EORTC, ECCO, ESDO and of the patient advocacy groups, Europacolon and Digestive Cancers Europe
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Side Effects of Cancer Therapy
Book Subtitle: Prevention and Treatment
Editors: Mario A. Dicato, Eric Van Cutsem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93702-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Medicine, Reference Module Medicine
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-93702-7Due: 07 June 2024
Number of Pages: XX, 980
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Internal Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Surgery, Imaging / Radiology