Treatment of Cancer

This successful text is a comprehensive guide on modern cancer treatments that aims to give clinician and student alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. Information is presented in tables and charts for easy assimilation, and clear algorithms for patient pathways are included to make decisions straightforward while allowing for sound clinical judgement. Professor Pat Price, MA, MD, FRCP, FROR, Visiting Professor in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, is an academic clinical oncologist specializing in PET based molecular imaging, advanced radiotherapy techniques, and translational research in oncology. She founded and chairs the charity Radiotherapy UK, which acts as the secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy in the UK. She is also the founder and chair of the Global Coalition for Radiotherapy. Professor Karol Sikora, MA, MB BChir, PhD, FRCR, FRCP, FFPM, a former chief of the World Health Organization cancer programme, is a world respected oncologist and campaigner for better universal cancer treatment. He was Clinical Director for Cancer Services at Imperial Healthcare for over 20 years and founded the University of Buckingham Medical School before creating a global network of integrated cancer centres.