The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 4th Edition

Expert, hands-on guidance for the practicing oncologist—from the leader in the field of cancer management—completely updated to reflect the latest advances

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Comprehensive and authoritative, The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology delivers everything you need to accurately diagnose and effectively treat a wide range of cancers—including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, lung and breast cancer, genitourinary carcinoma, melanoma, and sarcoma.

This unmatched resource emphasizes practical, actionable steps to cancer treatment, providing "to the point" recommendations, chapter summary boxes, tables, charts, expert opinion and patient education boxes, practice tips, cases, and prescriptive advice. The new format of this updated edition quickly guides you to the topic, the affiliated relevant chapter, new findings affecting clinical practice, and reference/evidence.

This fourth edition features:

• NEW Q&A, cases, patient education information, and expert advice
• Expanded coverage of immunotherapy treatment—written by the 2018 Nobel Prize-winner for immunology
• Access to continually updated online content
• A comparative table with guidelines from the European Society of Medical Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology
• An emphasis on recent developments in precision medicine and immunotherapies

Plus important NEW chapters on:

• Cord blood transplant
• Haploidentical cell transplantation
• Cellular therapy in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
• Pediatric cancers
• Molecular biomarkers and cancer
• Immune-oncology
• Targeted therapies in cancer
• Applied biostatistics
• Oncocardiology
• Pulmonary complications of cancer associated thrombosis

Part I: Leukemia

Section Editor:

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemiaand Associated Disorders

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes:The MD Anderson Approach to Therapy

Part II: Lymphoma and Myeloma

Section Editor:

The Indolent Lymphomas

Aggressive and HighlyAggressive B Cell Lymphomas

T-cell Lymphomas

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Part III. Stem CellTransplantation

Section Editor:

Alternative Donor Transplants:Cord Blood Transplant

Alternative DonorTransplants-Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation

Part IV: Lung Cancer

Section Editor:

Small Cell Carcinoma of theLung

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer(sent in 3/6)

Part V: Head and Neck Cancer

Section Editor:

Head and Neck Cancer

Part VI: GastrointestinalCarcinomas

Section Editor: BobWolff

Gastric and Esophageal Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Hepatobiliary Malignancies

Small Bowel Cancer andAppendicle Tumors

Colorectal Cancer

Anal Cancer

Part VII: Breast Cancer

Section Editor:

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Special Situations in BreastCancer

Part VIII: GynecologicMalignancies

Section Editor:

Ovarian Cancer

Tumors of the Uterine Corpus

Tumorsof the Uterine Cervix

Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors

Part IX: GenitourinaryCarcinoma

Section Editor:

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Bladder Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Penile Cancer

Germ Cell Tumors

Part X. Neurologic Tumors

Section Editor:

TBD

Part XI. MalignantMelanoma and Sarcomas

Section Editor:

Malignant Melanoma

Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas

Part XII. Other Tumors

Section Editor:

43. Endocrine Malignancies

The AIDS-relatedCancers

Part XIII – Novel and OtherCancer Topics of Interest

Section Editors –

Carcinoma of Unknown Primary

Pediatric Cancers

Molecular Biomarkers andCancer

Immuno-Oncology (Jim Allison)

Targeted Therapies in Cancer

Applied Biostatistics

Part XIV. Supportive Care

Section Editor: DimitriosKontoyiannis

Fungal and Viral Infections inthe Cancer Patient

Endocrine and MetabolicComplications of Cancer Therapy

Oncologic Emergencies

Onco-Cardiology

Pulmonary Complications of CancerTherapy

Part XV Palliative Careand Symptom Management

Section Editor:

Palliative and SupportiveCare

Pain Management and SymptomControl

Rehabilitation

Long-term Survivorship inAdult and Pediatric Cancer