Oxford University Press, 1994. — 264 p. Twenty to thirty years ago, the prognosis for children with cancer was dismal. Since then, remarkable advances in the treatment of childhood cancers have resulted in overall cure rates of 60 percent. In response to these improved prognoses, psychological frontiers of patient care and clinical research have evolved. Psychologists as well...
Springer, 2018. — 260 p. This book discusses the most important practical aspects involved in providing multidisciplinary Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) services for cancer patients. It draws on international experience in several continents of establishing and running such services and provides a contemporary, practical approach to AYA care based on accumulated experience....
Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. — 228 p. — (Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture). — ISBN: 978-1-118-90971-3, 53-2015-618-9. This book examines children and young people’s attempts to participate in conversations about their own treatment throughout uncertain cancer trajectories, including the events leading up to diagnosis, treatment, remission, relapse, and...
6th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2016. — 2424 p. Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Sixth Edition continues to be the premier reference that offers comprehensive coverage of this challenging area for the radiation oncologist in training or practice, medical radiation physicists and dosimetrists, as well as pediatric oncologists and others interested in understanding childhood...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 307 p. This book describes in detail current best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pediatric bone tumors and also discusses other important aspects of management. Clinical assessment, the role of different imaging modalities and choice of biopsy procedure are explained and an individual chapter is devoted to...
Oxford University Press, 2003. — 332 p. There has been an explosion of knowledge and enormous progress in the fundamental understanding of the biology of cancer in recent years. This has included the realisation that cancer occurs when normal cellular functions are disturbed leading to a malignant phenotype. Much research has focussed on understanding the types of disturbances...
Springer, 2015. — 308 p. This book provides a thorough and up-to-date discussion of key issues in the supportive care of children with cancer. A variety of frequently encountered situations is covered, including infections, metabolic, cardiopulmonary and neurologic emergencies, tumor lysis syndrome, pain, emesis, mucositis, thrombotic disorders, nutritional problems,...
Springer, 2013. — 135 p. Germ cell tumors are relatively rare compared with other malignancies, and compilations of knowledge that encompass the entire spectrum of the disease are lacking. This textbook, written by the foremost authorities in the field, rectifies the situation by discussing in depth a broad range of topics, including biology, epidemiology, pathology, treatment,...
Springer, 2018. — 426 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-43205-2 This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of all aspects of brain tumors in children. After introductory chapters on the epidemiology of brain tumors, the book will provide readers with state-of-the art chapters on the principals of radiation therapy, neurosurgery and neuroimaging. Subsequent chapters discuss the...
Springer, 2018. — 1611 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-43205-2 This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of all aspects of brain tumors in children. After introductory chapters on the epidemiology of brain tumors, the book will provide readers with state-of-the art chapters on the principals of radiation therapy, neurosurgery and neuroimaging. Subsequent chapters discuss the...
Springer, 2017. — 300 p. — ISBN10: 3319434845, 13 978-3319434841. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current immunotherapy strategies, and how these may be applicable to childhood cancers. The first part of the book reviews how the immune system recognizes cancer, and the various escape mechanisms allowing tumour growth. The importance of the tumor microenvironment...
Springer, 2017. — 410 p. — ISBN10: 3319434845, 13 978-3319434841. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current immunotherapy strategies, and how these may be applicable to childhood cancers. The first part of the book reviews how the immune system recognizes cancer, and the various escape mechanisms allowing tumour growth. The importance of the tumor microenvironment...
3rd edition. — Springer, 2017. — 394 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-319-30787-9 Pediatric CNS Tumors is a detailed review of childhood brain tumors that offers a biologically based perspective on their management. For each tumor type, epidemiology, pathological features, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the...
5th edition. — Lippincott, Willams and Wilkins, 2010. — 512 p. Established since 1986 as the definitive text and reference on use of radiation therapy for childhood cancer, Pediatric Radiation Oncology is now in its thoroughly revised and updated Fifth Edition. This edition reviews all significant recent clinical trials — including, for the first time, significant European...
5th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2011. — 480 p. The Cancer Problem in Children Leukemias in Children Supratentorial Brain Tumors Tumors of the Posterior Fossa and the Spinal Canal Retinoblastoma Neuroblastoma Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Ewing Sarcoma Osteosarcoma, Chordoma, and Chondrosarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas Other Than Rhabdomyosarcoma; Desmoid...
Springer, 2012. — 358 p. A general introduction to the principles of diagnosis and treatment of children with brain tumors is presented. Molecular characterization of solid tumors is also presented. Molecular pathways provide putative targets for new therapies. High resolution magic spinning NMR spectroscopy is explained, which is used to determine metabolic profiles for small...
Springer, 2012. — 311 p. Brain tumors are the most common solid tumor of childhood as well as the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in children. This third volume of the Springer series discussing pediatric cancer focuses on diagnosing, treating, and assessing the future course of malignant brain neoplasms in children. In addition to a general introduction to the...
Springer, 2013. — 358 p. This entry in the series Pediatric Cancer offers comprehensive information on a variety of cancers, concentrating on brain tumors, the most common solid tumors and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in children. The contents are organized in seven sections: Neuroblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Rhabdoid, Sarcoma and...
Springer, 2020. — 350 p. — (Pediatric Oncology). — ISBN: 978-3-030-25803-0. This book presents the current state of the nursing science in topics relevant to the care of pediatric oncology patients and their families across the treatment trajectory and is framed within a precision health framework. The spectrum of topics covered is wide, including, for example, symptom...
Springer, 2006. — ISBN10: 3-540-25211-8; ISBN13: 978-3-540-25211-5. This book was written to improve the fundamental dissemination of knowledge. It has no pretensions to replace the standard textbooks and the learned journals on pediatric oncology. In this new edition contributions by specialist nurses and a child psychiatrist and psychooncologist considerably improve the...
3rd edition. — Springer, 2014. — 265 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-06009-5 This is the third edition of a well-received compendium of information and guidance on the diagnosis and management of the various oncological diseases that are encountered in children and adolescents. In the new edition a chapter on Rare Tumors was added. For each disease entity, fundamental facts are provided...
Springer, 2009. — 592 p. The book provides a review of the nature of osteosarcoma and the conflict that accompanied the introduction of adjuvant therapy for osteosarcoma culminating in accepted and prevailing methods of current therapy. It outlines concepts in epidemiology and etiology, and provides chapters on pathology and radiologic characteristics of osteosarcoma, surgical...
Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 249 p. — (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History). — ISBN: 978-1-349-54185-0, 978-1-137-35352-8. Childhood cancer is an ever-changing illness. Before the Second World War, it was a rare and usually hopeless condition. Few doctors could ever expect to see a case, and with hindsight it is clear that many died without ever...
Springer, 2019. — 168 p. — ISBN: 978-981-15-0547-8 This book discusses key aspects of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), presenting the latest research on the biology and treatment of the disease and related issues. The cure rate for ALL has improved dramatically due to advances such as supportive care, treatment stratification based on relapse risk, and the...
Springer, 2018. — 625 p. This book reviews the principles and applications of radiotherapy in the management of pediatric brain tumors to allow the reader to gain a full appreciation of the major aspects involved in caring for these patients. Individual sections are devoted to basic principles, specific management for the full range of tumor entities, radiotherapy techniques,...
Springer, 2019. — 231 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-22683-1 This book identifies the various ethical challenges that arise in pediatric hematology/oncology and provides the necessary tools to overcome these challenges. Aiming to expand upon and strengthen providers’ knowledge and experience in pediatric health care ethical issues, the text positions providers to be beneficial resources...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2018. — 462 p. — (Pediatric Oncology). — ISBN: 3319435442. This book presents the most up-to-date and innovative information on the targeting and treatment of a wide range of childhood cancers by means of radiation therapy. Written by global experts in pediatric radiation oncology, it documents in detail the treatment regimens...
New York: Springer, 2015. — 542 p. — (Specialty Topics in Pediatric Neuropsychology). — ISBN: 978-1-4899-7583-6, 978-1-4899-7584-3. Comprehensive: medical, psychosocial and neurocognitive aspects in one handbook Provides current evidence-based treatments Co-edited by a physician and a neuropsychologist to provide integrative, holistic treatment perspective This authoritative...
1st Edition, Saunders, 2009. ISBN10: 1416034315 ISBN13: 978-1416034315 To address the growing complexities of childhood cancer, Nathan and Oski's Hematology and Oncology of Infancy and Childhood has now been separated into two distinct volumes. With this volume devoted strictly to pediatric oncology, and another to pediatric hematology, you will be on the cutting edge of these...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2006. — 240 p. The field of pediatric bone and soft tissue sarcomas has experienced a gradual but surprising transformation. Fundamental discoveries in the molecular biology of disease, recent breakthroughs in diagnostic imaging, and revolutionary surgical techniques have created unprecedented synergies and a refreshing vision with which to...
Springer, 2017. — 223 p. There are few publications about drug interactions in chemotherapy and even less about pediatric oncology treatment. For this reason, the present book is intended to offer guidelines about drug interactions for physicians, pharmacists and the other healthcare professionals involved in the chemotherapy of pediatric patients. In this book the reader will...
Springer, 2018. — 210 p. This book provides a comprehensive overview of pediatric oncology, discussing drug therapy and treatment in children under the age of 1 year. It is the first volume to focus on chemotherapy in newborns and infants, especially the daily clinical practice and treatment protocols. Intended as a practical manual, it addresses all the major topics related to...
3rd edition. — Hodder Arnold, 2004. — 761 p. — ISBN: 978-0340807750 This comprehensive and established textbook presents an up-to-date overview of all aspects of managing children with cancer and in its third edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Individual malignancies are given comprehensive coverage, including details of...
2nd edition. — BMJ Books, 2007. — 576 p. — ISBN: 978-1405142687 Using the available systematic reviews and Standard Options Recommendations (SORs) which are evidence-based treatment recommendations, Evidence-based Pediatric Oncology is a ground breaking text on the management of childhood cancers. Covering all tumour types occuring in children and young adults, it provides...
7th edition. — Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2016. — 3076 p. Now thoroughly updated to include new advances in the field, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology, 7th Edition remains the gold standard text for the care and research of children with cancer. This authoritative reference is the single most comprehensive resource on the biology and genetics of childhood...
6th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2011. — 3184 p. — ISBN: 978-1605476827 Thoroughly updated for its Sixth Edition, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology provides a comprehensive review of the multiple disciplines that make up the care and research agendas for children with cancer. It is the most comprehensive textbook of pediatric oncology ever put together, covering...
Springer, 2014. — 286 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-662-44002-5 This book provides a comprehensive overview of the biological basis of renal tumors in childhood and the clinical approaches to their treatment. Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular genetics of Wilms and other renal tumors are placed in their clinical context, including the differing...
Elsevier, 2018. — 124 p. — ISBN: 978-0-323-48555-5. Get a quick, expert overview of the many key facets of pediatric cancer genetics with this concise, practical resource by Dr. Nathaniel H. Robin and Meagan Farmer, MS, CGC, MBA. Ideal for pediatric oncologists and all providers who care for children, this easy-to-read reference addresses the remarkable potential of genetic...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2016. — 545 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-24220-0 The second edition of this well-received book reflects the state of the art in surgery for malignant bone tumors in children, with a particular focus on epiphysiolysis before excision. With a thorough update, new chapters, a clear presentation of tips and tricks to address complications, as well as supplementary...
Springer, 2012. — 558 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-642-04196-9 This is the first book to be devoted exclusively to rare tumors in children and adolescents, and its aim is to provide up-to-date information on their diagnosis and clinical management. The opening section addresses general issues including epidemiology, risk factors/etiology, biology and genetics, early...
Springer, 2017. — 345 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-39707-8 Epidemiology and Etiology of Childhood ALL Clinical Presentation and Prognostic Factors Diagnostic Flow Cytometry and Immunophenotypic Classification Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacogenetics of Antileukemic Drugs Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Diagnostics: Methodology and...
Springer, 2019. — 402 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-030-03776-5 This book, co-authored by an internationally acclaimed team of experts in the field of pediatric oncologic imaging, provides a comprehensive update on new advances in diagnostic imaging as they relate to pediatric oncology. In contrast to other oncologic imaging texts focusing on the radiology of specific...
Springer, 2019. — 179 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-10987-5 There are few publications about chemotherapy in children, and none of them is a book aimed at pharmacists. Pediatric Oncology Pharmacy is an area where more and more specific knowledge is required in daily practice. Pharmacists who work in pediatric oncology area do not have a book directed at them; none of the oncopediatric...
Springer, 2019. — 462 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-10988-2 There are few publications about chemotherapy in children, and none of them is a book aimed at pharmacists. Pediatric Oncology Pharmacy is an area where more and more specific knowledge is required in daily practice. Pharmacists who work in pediatric oncology area do not have a book directed at them; none of the oncopediatric...
Springer, 2018. — 313 p. This textbook is the first to focus on comprehensive interdisciplinary care approaches aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of children with cancer and their families throughout the illness experience. Among the topics addressed are the epidemiology of pediatric cancer distress, including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions; the role of...
Springer, 2011. — 234 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-642-14503-2 The field of liver tumors in children, and in particular hepatoblastoma in infants and young children, has seen tremendous therapeutic advances over recent years. This has been achieved through a much better understanding of the biology of disease, improved diagnostic procedures, refined methods of...
Springer, 2011. — 887 p. — (Pediatric Oncology) — ISBN: 978-3-642-14504-9 The field of liver tumors in children, and in particular hepatoblastoma in infants and young children, has seen tremendous therapeutic advances over recent years. This has been achieved through a much better understanding of the biology of disease, improved diagnostic procedures, refined methods of...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 948 p. This book, written by experts from across the world, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview covering all aspects of posterior fossa neoplasms in pediatric patients, including medulloblastoma, ependymoma, cerebellar astrocytoma, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, chordoma, brain stem tumors, and rarer entities. For each...
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