Clinical and internal medicine

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.

In the decade since AIDS was first recognised the enormous and worldwide social and medical implications of this disease have been increasingly recognised.

All unsuccessful revolutions are the same, but each successful one is different in its own distinctive way.

The last thirty years have seen an unprecedented increase in the discovery of new drugs, and moreover, these drugs, unlike many of the nostra of former times, have varied and powerful pharmacological actions.

Heart and brain interaction is an increasingly vital area of clinical investigation.

Respiratory Disease, the latest volume in the "e;Treatment in Clinical Medicine"e; series, is in two parts: the first reviews the background to each of the main respiratory diseases with particular emphasis on management and treatment.

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.

The title of this book is a challenge.

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.

Knee replacement can be regarded as the inevitable sequel to hip replacements, the child so to speak, of a brilliant father.

Dermatology is a fascinating subject.

Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice is the sixth monograph to appear in the now established and flourishing Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science.

Battle is a practical and sometimes lasting way of solving man's problems.

A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth reports the findings of a longitudinal study of the growth of 200 schoolboys and 100 schoolgirls through the course of adolescence.

The aim of this series is to bring the reader up-to-date data and opinions on the practice of urological surgery.

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.

Leading heart surgeons (including the President of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons) bridge the ever-widening gap betweenthe "e;student"e; (both pre- and post-graduate) and an increas-ingly remote group of medical and surgical specialists inthis , the only book devoted entirely to the establishedprinciples of cardiac diagnosis.

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.

A further volume in the successful 'Clinical Practice inUrology' series Urological Protheses, Appliances andCatheters, provides for the first time practical informationon all those aspects of urology which depend on manufacturesarticles that are inserted in or attached to patients.

Any book with the words percutaneous and interventional is immediately identified as one that brings to its readers a distillation of a number of new and exciting techniques.

It has often surprised me that in order to study the subject of obstructive uropathy, it is necessary to search through various sections of several urological, surgical and radiological textbooks rather than turn to one work on the subject.

In this age of specialization most patients with diseases of the hind gut and anus are still managed by general physicians or surgeons.

Gone are the days when the physician could act as God, the orthopaedic surgeon as the Lord God and the nurses as minister- ing angels.

To present a coherent and meaningful survey of scientific research endeavour in an area that has expanded as fast as physiology and biochemistry of reproduction in the male is no mean task these days.

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Multiple Sclerosis: Advances in Clinical Trial Design, Treatment and Future Perspectives is a review of therapeutic developments for a disease that is one of the major problems in current neurologic practice.

Sir Thomas Lewis has become one of the greatest cardiologists of this century.

Management of Vitreo-Retinal Disease: A Surgical Approach provides a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, clinical management and surgery of many retinal disorders.

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.

Varicose veins are a very common problem.

Within the last five years a number of new books on venous disorders have been produced.

Cardiology as a medical specialty originated in the 20th century and Britain played an important role in its development.

The importance of osteoporosis in the United Kingdom as a cause of death and disability is now well recognised.

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.

Prior to the virtual atomic explosion of medical knowledge, at a time when communica- tion was very much slower, a medical book, to be authoritative and believable, had to be written by a very knowledgable, and, per force, usually quite senior person.

Major epidemiologists from the UK, USA and Europe contributeto the first ever, much needed comprehensive review of theepidemiology of peripheral vascular disease in the lowerlimbs.

It is now more than 40 years since Drs.