Paediatric Haemotology and Oncology (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Pediatrics)
Product Description While survival rates for children with cancer have increased in recent
times, the increased use of more aggressive therapies has brought with
it significant adverse effects. Therefore, the aim of pediatric
oncologists has become to achieve "cure at least cost" by the
appropriate reduction of the intensity and/or duration of treatment in
carefully identified good prognosis patients.
By comprehensively
covering these issues, this handbook aims to provide residents in
pediatric hematology and oncology, as well as staff in related medical
or other healthcare disciplines, with an easily accessible source of
information about the basic principles of childhood cancer and leukemia,
as well as much of the more detailed specialist knowledge required to
care for children with these conditions. Divided into sections to allow
quick access to the necessary information, the handbook covers general
principles of diagnosis and treatment, short and long term care, and
oncological emergencies before moving on to chapters on specific
disease. Normal values and useful websites are also included for
reference.
About the AuthorSimon Bailey is a paediatric oncologist based in Newcastle upon
Tyne with a special interest in brain tumours and leukaemia. He did his
initial medical training in Cape Town before specialising in paediatrics
and paediatric oncology in Newcastle, which included a year in
Wellington, New Zealand. He has a PhD in the molecular basis of steroid
therapy in leukaemia. Rod Skinner qualified in medicine from Birmingham
University in 1983. He trained in paediatrics and paediatric oncology in
Newcastle upon Tyne, and was appointed Consultant and Honorary Clinical
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplantation in
1995. He was awarded a PhD in 1995 for clinical research into
nephrotoxicity in children treated for cancer. His main clinical
interests are treatment of childhood haematological malignancy and
aplastic anaemia, and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, with
clinical research interests in late adverse effects of treatment for
maligancy, and supportive care in children undergoing such treatment. He
is currently Chairman of Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Supportive Care Group, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health Working Party on Immunisation in Immunocompromised Children.
Product Details
- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (January 18, 2010)
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