The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology

The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a clear concise and comprehensive reference book for the busy clinician to use in his or her daily patient encounters It focuses less on etiology pathophysiology and epidemiology and considerably more on practical clinical information Cancer management information is presented in a reader-friendly format that offers a comprehensive review of each disease along with the most commonly used treatment regimens including chemotherapy dosing and schedules Features Clear concise complete reference book for busy clinician for daily patient managementUser-friendly formatting – tables algorithms charts bullet pointsContributors all from NIH or they trained thereGreat for board examsOrganized by body regionNew to this edition Add a chapter on Cancer Genetics and expand the Basics of Genomics for practicing oncologists to include the clinically relevant molecular tests Major addition will be to add about 5 board review question and answers per chapter – more than 200 board review questionsNew treatment regimens added to all appropriate chaptersNew clinical trial data added on treatmentMore chemotherapeutic agents added including newer regimens and dosages