Main description:

This handbook describes and discusses cancer diagnosis and treatment evaluation, focusing on some key issues of the clinical method of medical oncologists. It helps medical oncologists to recognize these issues as worth learning and as a subject of research themselves.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Pathology 3. Biomarkers in oncology 4. Radiological imaging 5. Nuclear medicine imaging 6. Staging procedures 7. Prognostic criteria 8. Predictive tumor markers 9. Factors determining anticancer treatment 10. Treatment evaluation of activity: From global to personalized approach 11. Acute and subacute toxicities of medical anticancer treatment 12. Late toxicity 13. Acute and late effects in radiation oncology and surgery 14. Psychosocial effects of cancer and treatment 15. Incapacity due to cancer and cancer therapy 16. Reintegration into the workplace 17. Quality of life issues 18. Conclusion