THE BETHESDA HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a clear, concise and comprehensive reference book for the busy clinician to use in his or her daily patient encounters. It focuses less on etiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology, and considerably more on practical clinical information. Cancer management information is presented in a reader-friendly format that offers a comprehensive review of each disease along with the most commonly used treatment regimens, including chemotherapy dosing and schedules.

Features:
- Clear, concise, complete reference book for busy clinician for daily patient management
- User-friendly formatting – tables, algorithms, charts, bullet points
- Contributors all from NIH (or they trained there)
- Great for board exams
- Organized by body region

New to this edition:•Add a chapter on Cancer Genetics and expand the Basics of Genomics for practicing oncologists to include the clinically relevant molecular tests.
- Major addition will be to add about 5 board review question and answers per chapter - more than 200 board review questions
- New treatment regimens added to all appropriate chapters
- New clinical trial data added on treatment
- More chemotherapeutic agents added (including newer regimens and dosages)

About the Author(s)

James L. Gulley MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Clinical Trials Group, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology and Senior Clinician, Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Carmen J. Allegra MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Associate Director for Clinical and Translational Research, Shands/University of Florida Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Jame Abraham
Jame Abraham, MD, FACP
Bonnie Wells Wilson Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor
Chief, Section of Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director, Cancer Service Line, WVU Healthcare
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia