Diseases and disorders

Bone Metastases brings together the many recent developments that are gradually improving the prospects for patients with secondary involvement of the skeleton in a primary cancer elsewhere.

This book will be an introduction to bone metastases for orthopaedic surgeons.

When a person suffers from advanced, progressive illness, palliative care - treatments that improve the physical and psychological quality of life of patients and their families - can be just as important as treatments that aim to slow or prevent disease progression.

In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome - conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents.

This book presents the latest research pertaining to the diagnosis, therapy and management of diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGG) in adults, with a particular focus on the path towards individualised therapy for this kind of tumour.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the cellular pathology of glandular lesions and uncommon neoplasms of the cervix and places these in a contemporary clinical context.

The growth of uro-oncology has been one of the dramatic features of the past decade in urology.

The recent advances in the techniques for imaging the pancreas without surgical interven- tion have reduced the inaccessibility of the pancreas.

Critically examining the case for and against screening people for early detection of cancer, this book reviews research-based knowledge on the value of early diagnosis for several different cancers ranging from neuroblastoma in infants to prostate cancer in old age.

The vast amount of literature and rapid developments in the understanding and man- agement of adrenal diseases have outpaced the ability of physicians to assimilate and utilize these advances in clinical settings.

Endocrine and Metabolic Disease is in two sections.

AIDS continually presents new questions for the obstetrician and gynecologist.

Both the investigation and treatment of cancer of the oesophagus are comprehensively presented in Management of Oesophageal Carcinoma.

Radiotherapy as practiced at the renowned Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute is brought up to date in this new, second edition of The Radiotherapy of Malignant Disease.

The only book to attempt any perspective on methods ofassessing cell proliferation is published to satisfy thegrowing interest amongst pathologists and clinicians inareas which have for more than three decades been thepreserve of experimental biologists

The events of September 11,2001 in the United States will always be r~membered with horror and sadness but also admiration for those who risked, and often lost, their lives attempting to save others.

Cancer is a major issue in the provision of health care.

Liver Metastasis: Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment offers a comprehensive overview of liver metastasis by providing a collection of pivotal contributions from an international faculty.

This book has been written from two points of view: firstly, from the viewpoint of those who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoid malignancies, who must meet the challenge of integrating the new biological insights into their knowledge of these diseases; and secondly, from the viewpoint of those who are involved in basic biological approaches to malignancy and immunology, who wish to know more about the function of the lymphoid tissues and their malignant diseases.

possibly neoplastic, some not.

Human Lymphoma: The Clinical Implications of the REAL Classification is a unique volume.

The dissection of surgical specimens from the upper aero digestive tract is often difficult due to the anatomically complicated nature of this area.

Recent Advances in Coloproctology provides a thorough overview of modern developments in the surgical treatment of disorders of the lower intestine including ulcerative colitis/severe acute colitis, Crohn's disease, carcinomas, haemorrhoids and anal incontinence.

Cancer and Pregnancy covers the clinical challenges to diagnosing and treating malignancies in the pregnant patient; however, the book also shows how an understanding of the common features of both processes (rapid cell proliferation) may lead to novel anti-cancer treatment options.

Malignant Brain Tumours is an excellent compendium of current thought and practice for clinicians, surgeons, and scientists.

Based on a symposium covering latest research, this volume contains contributions by international experts.

Material for this book was gathered in the early 1980's in Manchester, where a higher incidence than usual of complications in the gastro-intestinal and urinary tract was observed.

This book is intended as an introduction to the drug treatment of cancer.

Herpes Simplex Virus is the fifth monograph to be published in the Bloomsbury Series of Clinical Science.

Traditions are dangerous; doubly so in science.

Illness in old age is characterised by vague and atypical presenting features which are often missed and wrongly attributed to the ageing process.

The first few months of any pregnancy are of supreme importance to the success of that pregnancy.

Any discussion of the present success in management of urological cancers evokes a mixed response.

The ninth annual multidisciplinary symposium on clinical oncology organized by the Royal College of Radiologists was jointly arranged with the International Society for Radiation Oncology.

The publication of Bronchoalveolar Mast Cells and Asthma marks the emergence of The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science, an important and novel series that will highlight, review and record major areas of research, development and practice in the field of clinical science.

The most frequently requested investigation in any nuclear medicine department remains the technetium-99m (99mTc)-labelled diphosphonate bone scan.

Carcinoma of the prostate increasingly dominates the attention of urologists for both scientific and clinical reasons.

This collection of papers on different aspects of gynaecological oncology is taken from the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Gynaecological Cancer held in Edinburgh in Sep- tember 1983.

Cancer of the bladder has a bad reputation: the combination of urinary problems and malignancy gives just cause for continuing concern.

To the entomologist all insects have six legs; the layman tends to use the term "e;insect"e; to include the eight-legged spiders and mites.

Chemotherapy for malignant disease has brought about many rapid and often spectacular improvements in the survival rate of some groups of patients.

Hairy cell Leukaemia (HCL) has always attracted an interest out of all proportion to its frequency and continues to do so.

Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of all aspects of rectal neoplasms.

The publication of a third edition after only five years confirms the widespread popularity of this book.

Immunology for Surgeons looks at relevant immunological and molecular biological trends - these form the focus of discussion for future treatment of complex surgical disease.