Oncology

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as a harmful influence on the health of nonsmokers has been a controversial topic since the early 1980s.

The growth and function of many tissues are influenced by hormones.

The aim of radiation protection standards is to make the radiation workplace as safe as is humanly possible.

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In the field of Hodgkin's lymphoma, many new data have been collected during the last decade both on the cell of origin of this disease and on more effective therapies to cure the majority of pa- tients even in the advanced stages.

The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) was estab- lished in 1978 to stimulate and support scientific research and educational programs related to nutrition, toxicology, and food safety, and to encourage cooperation in these programs among scientists in universities, industry, and government agencies to assist in the resolution of health and safety issues.

In den letzten Jahren ist aus der molekularbiologischen Forschung heraus eine Analysetechnik für die breitere Anwendung entwickelt worden, die nach ihrer Ausführungsform "DNA-Hybridisierungstechnik" und nach ihrem Anwendungsbereich "Gen-Analyse" genannt wird.

This classification is based primarily on the microscopic characteris- tics of tumours.

The controlled clinical trial has become an essential part of the clinician's decision-making process.

During the last few decades, there has been a tremendous improvement in the treatment of cancer.

The ultimate "e;consumer"e; of the data presented at conferences on the primary treatment of operable breast cancer is the patient, and when, as in this disease, the benefits of therapy are relatively mod- est, the availability and interpretation of the data from trials be- comes an issue of primary importance.

Modern surgical oncology is characterized by multimodal therapy.

Physicians and biologists here present their experimental work in the field of hyperthermia, paying particular regard to its relevance in clinical situations.

Physicians, biologists and physicists present their recent work in the field of hyperthermia with regard to both its application and its combination with radiation and chemotherapy.

Minimal neoplasia may be defined as a small cancer that has progressed beyond its site of primary origin into the surrounding tissue, but that has not yet reached the stage of deeper invasion or metastasization.

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICC.

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Primary malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract account for 23% of all invasive cancers and 24% of all the deaths in 1988.

The preceding decade has seen the production of many cancer at- lases.

The contemporary management of patients with cancers of the head and neck is under careful scrutiny and major changes are being introduced in order to improve the potenti- al not only for long-term control but also for less in the way of disfiguring and distres- sing complications associated with the treatment programs.

This series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the UICe.

The symposium on supportive care in cancer patients, which took place in St.

The Third International Copenhagen Symposium on Detection of Breast Cancer afforded a further opportunity for scientists from all over the world to come together and present important papers con- cerning breast cancer and early diagnostic procedures.

The series "e;Medical Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology"e; is the successor to the well known "e;Encyclopedia of Medical RadiologyjHandbuch der medizinischen Radiologie"e;.

This new series on the treatment of cancer is sponsored by the VICe.

Despite recent advances in adjuvant therapies of cancer, the regi- mens of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy treatment which are presently available fail to cure the majority of cancer patients.

Interest in the etiology of malignant melanoma has increased enor- mously in the last 10 years, after it was realized that the incidence of the cutaneous form of the disease was rising.

Primary and metastasizing malignant carcinoma of the liv- er represent a challenge to both the diagnostician and the therapist.

The incidence of lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions throughout the civilized world.

The present challenge in the treatment of tumors is to reduce the number of patients that still die as a result of primary tumors.

It is a very special honour for me to be able to present this handbook of medical oncology, which under diverse headings and origins covers such a vast spectrum of experience.

One reason for failure to cure solid tumors by surgery appears to be the impossibility of controlling metastases that are present but latent at the time of operation.

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Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development, and insuffi- cient vascular supply.

Predictive drug testing on human tumor cells in order to define the appropriate chemotherapy will remain imperative as long as the anticancer agents available are few in number and show only limited activity.

Much of the attention presently paid to leukemia is the result of recent progress in understanding and treatment.

At first glance it appears that little has happened in our understanding of bronchogenic carcinoma, since five year survival rates have not changed appreciably over the past ten years.

Each year a multidisciplinary symposium on Clinical Oncology is organised by the Royal College of Radiologists in London.

Several papers dealing with the clinical relevance of steroid hormone receptors in breast cancer have already been published.

The life of a human being is finite, and all humans age (see Fries 1980).

This publication brings together a number of papers presented at the Fourth Symposium on Clinical Oncology held at the Royal College of Radiologists, London, in February 1982.

The enormous expansion seen over the last decade in the mammo- graphic detection of breast cancer lesions, especially the use of screen- ing procedures for the early detection of clinically unsuspected tumors, has made it necessary to summarize the experience made by various centers in the world.

Pain is unfortunately not an early symptom in neoplastic diseases.

Substantial relief of discomfort may be anticipated by most patients suffering from pelvic and lower-extremity pain who are treated by arterial infusion of nitrogen mustard.