Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0470659645 ISBN 13: 9780470659649

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2013

Riassunto

This book is updated with evidence from the latest published reviews and is more clinically focused, with an emphasis on application of the trial findings. With increased coverage of trials in the area of supportive care for pediatric cancer patients, each chapter opens with a clinical question and concludes with a summary on the trial findings from an expert commentator.

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Edited by
Ross Pinkerton, MB, BCh, BaO, MD, Executive Director, Division of Oncology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Ananth Shankar, MD, FRCPCH, Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, University College
London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Katherine K. Matthay, BA, MD, Mildred V. Strouss Professor of Translational Oncology, Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA

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The new and updated edition of the renowned reference for pediatric oncologists

This groundbreaking text on the management of childhood cancers covers most tumor types occurring in children and young adults and provides reviews of randomized trials with commentaries on the optimum treatments for childhood cancer.

Updated with evidence from the latest published reviews—and even more clinically focused than previous editions— Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology, Third Edition places an emphasis on application of the trial findings. With increased coverage of the area of supportive care for pediatric cancer patients, each chapter opens with an expert commentary on the key clinical issues followed by a summary of trial findings.

Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology, Third Edition:

· Presents evidence for the best treatment of children and adolescents with cancer

· Includes commentaries from the world’s leading experts for every topic discussed

· Is internationally relevant thanks to contributions from the UK, US, Canada and Australia

· Places greater emphasis on supportive care and features a new extended section on antibiotic and antifungal treatments

Based on information gathered from randomized trials performed after the release of the Second Edition, readers will find Evidence-Based Pediatric Oncology to be an important resource for all those treating young people with cancer.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0470659645
• ISBN 13: 9780470659649
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 278
• Redattore: Pinkerton Ross M.D., Shankar Ananth M.D., Matthay Katherine K. M.D.