Landmark Trials in Oncology / by Santosh Yajnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yajnik, Santosh, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Medicine (Springer-11650)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiotherapy.

Oncology.

Cancer--Surgery.

Cancer.

Surgical Oncology.

Local Subjects:

Radiotherapy.

Oncology.

Surgical Oncology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 325 pages) : 120 illustrations, 70 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book describes the evolution of treatment in oncology through the lens of approximately 250 landmark clinical trials. The well-designed clinical trial is essential to the practice of medicine. There is no field that has embraced or been transformed more by the clinical trial than oncology. Each primary cancer site has a remarkable story that can be told through clinical trials. For example, patients who presented decades ago with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities would invariably undergo limb amputation. The landmark National Cancer Institute study by Rosenberg and others randomized patients to limb sparing surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy compared with limb amputation. This study helped change the standard of care by allowing most patients to retain their functioning limbs with an improvement in quality of life and no compromise in overall survival. Such major clinical trials for common malignancies including breast, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and gynecologic cancers are discussed. Because oncology is multidisciplinary, this book should be of interest for radiation oncologists, surgeons, medical oncologists, and other physicians interested in learning more about the landmark trials that have shaped oncology.

Contents:

Introduction to Landmark Trials in Oncology

Landmark Trials in Breast Cancer

Landmark Trials in Lung Cancer

Landmark Trials in Selected Genitourinary Malignancies

Landmark Trials in Selected Gastrointestinal Cancers

Landmark Trials in Selected Gynecologic Cancers

Landmark Trials in Selected Head and Neck Cancers

Landmark Trials in Selected Lymphomas

Landmark Trials in Selected Central Nervous System Tumors

Landmark Trials in Selected Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-14405-0

9783030144050

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.