International Manual of Oncology Practice: iMOP - Principles of Oncology

International Manual of Oncology Practice

iMOP - Principles of Oncology
 
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2019
Publisher: Springer
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ISBN13:9783030162443
ISBN10:3030162443
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:1162 pages
Size:235x155 mm
Weight:2159 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 59 Illustrations, black & white; 75 Illustrations, color
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Cancer is a very aggressive disease and currently it has been considered a challenge to oncologists and cancer patients worldwide. Nowadays, several therapeutic strategies had improved toward last decades. Surgery is many times still the best curative treatment, mainly in early stage disease. However, Radiotherapy and chemotherapy acquired a main role in this scenario. Target therapies were introduced for medical oncology practice and are demonstrating a hallmark of a new era in cancer treatment. More recently, immunotherapy has been considered the novel cornerstone in cancer treatment. The 2nd edition of the International Manual of Oncology Practice (iMOP) emerged after the great success of the iMOP 1st edition as a reference for medical oncologists and medical residents in the field. In this edition, several chapters were revised and its addresses from the molecular issues of cancer sciences to the clinical practice in medical oncology. In addition, multiple choice questions and clinical cases were included in the main chapters in order to improve the reader learning. The book focuses systemic treatments in many areas of medical oncology, such as breast cancer, gastrointestinal, thoracic, urological oncology, head and neck tumors, bone tumors, sarcomas and palliative care. The topics herein discussed will provide the readers a step forward in the medical oncology practice understanding and give facilities for help in cancer patient treatments.   



 


Long description:

Cancer is a very aggressive disease and currently it has been considered a challenge to oncologists and cancer patients worldwide. Nowadays, several therapeutic strategies had improved toward last decades. Surgery is many times still the best curative treatment, mainly in early stage disease. However, Radiotherapy and chemotherapy acquired a main role in this scenario. Target therapies were introduced for medical oncology practice and are demonstrating a hallmark of a new era in cancer treatment. More recently, immunotherapy has been considered the novel cornerstone in cancer treatment. The 2nd edition of the International Manual of Oncology Practice (iMOP) emerged after the great success of the iMOP 1st edition as a reference for medical oncologists and medical residents in the field. In this edition, several chapters were revised and its addresses from the molecular issues of cancer sciences to the clinical practice in medical oncology. In addition, multiple choice questions and clinical cases were included in the main chapters in order to improve the reader learning. The book focuses systemic treatments in many areas of medical oncology, such as breast cancer, gastrointestinal, thoracic, urological oncology, head and neck tumors, bone tumors, sarcomas and palliative care. The topics herein discussed will provide the readers a step forward in the medical oncology practice understanding and give facilities for help in cancer patient treatments.   

Table of Contents:

1


Cancer screening and epidemiology


R.A. De Mello


ramello@ualg.pt or ramondemello@doctors.org.uk


UALG, Portugal


2


Cancer stem cells


José Bragança


jebraganca@ualg.pt 


UALG, Portugal


3


Apoptosis


Richard Hill


richard.hill@port.ac.uk


UALG, Portugal


4


Angiogenesis


Patrícia Madureira


pamadureira@ualg.pt


UALG, Portugal


5


Genetic basis of metastasis


Mehmet Gunduz


mehmet.gunduz@gmail.com


Turgut Ozal University, Turkey


6


Anti
-cancer Drugs


Wolfgang Link


walink@ualg.pt


UALG, Portugal


7


Immuno
-oncology


Pedro Madureira


ramondemello@gmail.com


ICBAS Portugal


8


Health Econimics


Nelson Teich


nelsonteich@americasoncologia.com.br


Américas Oncologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


PART II ? SOLID TUMORS


THORACIC


9


Non
-Small Cell Lung cancer


A. Tantraworasin


ohm_med@hotmail.com


Chiang Mai University, Thailand


10


Small cell lung cancer


A. Tantraworasin


ohm_med@hotmail.com


Chiang Mai University, Thailand


11


Mesothelioma


Vangelis Karamitrousis


v
-a
-g
-@hotmail.com


Alexandroupolis, Greece


12


Thymus


Hakaru Tadokoro


ramondemello@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


BREAST


 13


Breast


Ines Monteiro


ines.pcmonteiro@gmail.com


Lausanne, Switezerland


GASTROINTESTINAL


14


Oesophageal


Karima Oualla


karimarauf@hotmail.com


Fes, Marroco


15


Gastric


Luis Castelo
-Branco


luismocb@hotmail.com


Faro, Portugal


16


Colon


Nora Forones


noraforones@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


17


Rectal


JInhui Zhu


ramondemello@gmail.com 


China


18


Anal Canal Cancer


Hakaru Tadokoro


ramondemello@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


19


Small intestine


Pedro Aguiar Jr


pnajpg@hotmail.com


Santo André, Brazil


20


Liver Cancer


R. A. DE Mello


ramondemello@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


21


Pancreatic Cancer


George Antoniou


dr.antoniou@gmail.com


London, UK


GYNECOLOGICAL TUMORS


22


Ovarian


Renata Justa


renatajusta@gmail.com


ICC, Brazil


23


Cervical


Alvaro Henrique Ingles Garces


alvarohenriq@yahoo.com.br


INCA, Brazil


24


Vagina


Nikolaou Michail


nikolaoumike@hotmail.com


Larissa, Greece


25


Gestacional trophoblastic disease


Donald Peter Goldstein


DGOLDSTEIN@partners.org


Boston, MA, USA


GENITO
-URINARY


26


Prostate Cancer


 


Arlindo Ferreira


ajrsferreira@gmail.com


Lisboa, Portugal


27


Renal Cell Carcinoma


Fernando Nunes


fernando.nunes@clion.com.br


Salvador, Brazil


28


Urothelial Cancer


Ramy F. Youssef


ryaacoub@uci.edu


California, USA


29


Germ
-Cell Tumors


Giannis Mountzios


gmountzios@gmail.com


Athens, Greece


29.1


Penile Cancer


Nikolaos Tsoukalas


tsoukn@yahoo.gr


London, UK


30


Squamous Head and neck


Jean
-Pascal Machiels


 


jean
-pascal.machiels@uclouvain.be


Brussels, Belgium


31


Thyroid cancer


Washington Luiz


wwgois@gmail.com


Fortaleza, Brazil


32


Parotid Gland Tumors


José Aurillo Rocha


jaurillo@hotmail.com


Fortaleza, Brazil


SKIN, SOFT TISSUE, BONE, GIST AND ENDOCRINE


33


Melanoma


Paolo Ascierto


paolo.ascierto@gmail.com


Napoli, Italy


34


Soft Tissue Sarcomas


Carlos Marcio


carlossmarcio@gmail.com


Fortaleza, Brazil


35


Bone Sarcomas


Hakaru Tadokoro


ramondemello@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


36


GIST


R. A. De Mello


ramondemello@gmail.com


Brazil/Switzerland


37


NET


Yim KL


yimkl2000@hotmail.com


Cardiff, UK


38


Primary brain tumor


Hakaru Tadokoro


ramondemello@gmail.com


UNIFESP, Brazil


PART III ? HEMATO
-ONCOLOGY


39


Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia


Eddy Supriyadi


e.supriyadi@gadjahmada.edu  


Indonesia


40


Myelodisplastic Syndrome


Ronald Feitosa


ronaldfpinheiro@uol.com.br


Fortaleza, Brazil


PART IV ? PALLIATIVE CARE AND SUPPORTIVE CARE


41


Metabolic disturbance/paraneoplasic syndromes


Carmélia Barreto


carmeliabarreto@gmail.com


Sao Paulo, Brazil


42


Spinal medular compression


Hakaru Tadokoro


ramondemello@gmail.com


S?o Paulo, Brazil


43


Superior vena cava syndrome


Maria Tolia


mariatolia1@gmail.com   


Larissa, Greece


44


Febrile neutropenia


Bora Lim


naborala@gmail.com


Texas, USA


45


Chemotherapy
-Induced Nausea and Vomiting


Rudolph M. Navari


rmnavari@gmail.com


Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend, USA


46


Asthenia


F. Koinis


phillipkoinis@gmail.com


Athens, Greece


47


Oncological pain


R.A. De Mello


ramondemello@gmail.com


UALG, Portugal


48


Bone Metastases


Arlindo Rebelo
-Ferreira


arjsferreira@gmail.com 


Lisbon, Portugal


49


Brain metastasis


Tiago Pádua Costa


tiagopadua1@hotmail.com


S?o Paulo, Brazil


50


Palliative care


Débora Gald?ncio


debora_galgencio@yahoo.com.br


Manaus, Brazil