HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, VOL. 13, 165 (1995) BOOK REVIEW MANUAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 6th edn. Richard R. Love (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, 1994. It states in the preface to this book that it is intended for doctors in training. If you are just starting out in clinical oncology and are looking for a readable text to give you an overview of the subject, then you could do a lot worse than to read this book. For starters, its size is not daunt- ing, most chapters are concise and it is annotated with clear and useful tables and illustrations. The book is divided into two parts, the first part predominantly devoted to the basic knowledge, required in the practice of clinical oncology (the aetiology, biology and epidemiology of cancer, diagnosis and staging, and the principles of sur- gical oncology, radiation therapy and chemo- therapy) and the second part to a summary of specific features of individual tumour types. These ‘mini reviews’ generally provide a good introduc- tion to the topic and should stimulate the reader to delve more deeply. Although the information presented is refreshingly up to date, there are a few glaring omissions, such as the new inter- national Prognostic Index for non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Overall however, I feel that this book achieves its objective, to present the current knowledge of cancer medicine in a concise form, and I commend it to anyone with a budding interest in oncology. PETER SIMMONDS Senior Registrar in Medical Oncology, CRC Wessex Medical Oncology Unit, CF99 Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6 YD, U. K. 0 1995 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Page 1: Manual of clinical oncology, 6th edn. Richard R. Love (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, 1994

HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, VOL. 13, 165 (1995)

BOOK REVIEW

MANUAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 6th edn. Richard R. Love (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, 1994.

It states in the preface to this book that it is intended for doctors in training. If you are just starting out in clinical oncology and are looking for a readable text to give you an overview of the subject, then you could do a lot worse than to read this book. For starters, its size is not daunt- ing, most chapters are concise and it is annotated with clear and useful tables and illustrations.

The book is divided into two parts, the first part predominantly devoted to the basic knowledge, required in the practice of clinical oncology (the aetiology, biology and epidemiology of cancer, diagnosis and staging, and the principles of sur- gical oncology, radiation therapy and chemo- therapy) and the second part to a summary of

specific features of individual tumour types. These ‘mini reviews’ generally provide a good introduc- tion to the topic and should stimulate the reader to delve more deeply. Although the information presented is refreshingly up to date, there are a few glaring omissions, such as the new inter- national Prognostic Index for non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Overall however, I feel that this book achieves its objective, to present the current knowledge of cancer medicine in a concise form, and I commend it to anyone with a budding interest in oncology.

PETER SIMMONDS Senior Registrar in Medical Oncology, CRC Wessex Medical Oncology Unit, CF99 Southampton General Hospital,

Southampton SO16 6 YD, U. K.

0 1995 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.