Oxford Textbook of Cancer in Children

Description:

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975. In economically privileged countries, overall survival rates have now reached 80% at five years from diagnosis, and most of these young people will become long term survivors. The Oxford Textbook of Cancer in Children offers state-of-the-art descriptions of the approach needed for the optimal management of children with cancer, and guidance on current treatments available due to the advances made over the past decade. This seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, including brand new chapters on cancer immunotherapy in children, and cancer in adolescents and young adults, plus expanded treatment of tumours of the brain and central nervous system. The book primarily provides clear and up-to-date clinical guidance for use in treatment settings whilst offering a useful background to the biology of individual tumour types and the history of the development of specific treatments. With an international and multi-disciplined authorship comprising of paediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiotherapists, imaging specialists, psychologists, nurses, and many others, the text illustrates how the paediatric oncology community works globally and collaboratively in order to drive forward new therapies, build our knowledge of these diseases, and achieve the common aim of curing childhood cancer. In this new edition, Professors Biondi and Caron have been joined by Professor François Doz, who has a distinguished international reputation, particularly in the treatment of childhood brain tumours and retinoblastoma, as well as early drug development. They have also been joined by Professor Tom Boterberg, a world renowned radio-oncologist for children with cancer. This book will be of value to paediatric oncologists, trainee paediatric oncologists, paediatric haematologists, and other professionals working in paediatric oncology: nurses, AHPs, surgeons, and clinical oncologists.

Table of Contents:

1 The Epidemiology of Cancer in Children and Adolescents

2 Imaging in Paediatric Oncology

3 Chemotherapy and Other Anti-Cancer Drugs: Current Knowledge and New Perspectives

4 Radiotherapy in Paediatric Oncology

5 Clinical Trials in Childhood Cancer

6 Evidence-Based Paediatric Oncology

7 Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation in Children and Adolescents with Malignancies

8 Cancer Immunotherapy in Children

9 Supportive Care During Treatment

10 Psychosocial Care

11 Palliative Care for Children with Advanced Cancer

12 Cancer Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

13 Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

14 Late Effects of Therapy and Survivorship Issues

15 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

16 Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

17 Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myeloid Leukaemia of Down Syndrome, and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia

18 Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas in Children and Adolescents

19 Hodgkin Lymphoma: Modern Management of Children and Young Adults

20 Childhood Histiocytoses

21 Symptoms and Emergencies in Children with Brain and Spinal Tumours

22 Glial Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood

23 Embryonal Tumours

24 Other Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood

25 Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

26 Bone Tumours

27 Wilms and Other Renal Tumours

28 Neuroblastoma

29 Germ-Cell Tumours

30 Childhood Liver Tumours

31 Retinoblastoma

Index