Diagnosing Cancer in Primary CareRadcliffe Publishing, 1999 - 171 páginas A concise primary-care guide which outlines the epidemiological data, risk factors, symptoms and signs of the more common cancers, along with the place and value of investigations. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
Some facts and figures 5 | 5 |
Cancer genetics | 11 |
Colorectal cancer | 23 |
Lung cancer | 39 |
Breast cancer | 49 |
Prostate cancer | 63 |
Bladder and kidney cancer | 71 |
Endometrial cancer | 91 |
Cervical cancer | 95 |
Cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract | 101 |
Haematological malignancies | 107 |
Head and neck cancer | 119 |
Central nervous system tumours | 123 |
Nonspecific features of malignant disease | 139 |
MEDLINE searches for diagnostic studies | 155 |
Términos y frases comunes
5-year survival abdominal abnormal adenocarcinomas anaemia assessment asymptomatic basal-cell carcinoma biopsy bladder cancer bowel breast cancer cancer Background Epidemiology cancer genetics Cancer Research Campaign cancer screening cells cervical cancer chemotherapy clinical colonoscopy colorectal cancer common delay diagnosis early endometrial cancer evidence family history Follow-up and detection gastrointestinal gene genetic testing haematuria Hodgkin's disease Identifiable risk factors important to appreciate important to check incidence individuals investigation JAMA lesions leukaemia localised London lump lung cancer lymph nodes lymphadenopathy lymphoma male mammography Medical metastasis metastatic disease microscopic haematuria non-specific oral cancer ovarian cancer Pathology and prognosis patients postmenopausal Pract practice practitioner predictive value present primary-care setting prostate cancer radiotherapy randomised RCTs rectal bleeding rectal examination referral patterns relatives result sensitivity sigmoidoscopy signs smear specificity squamous-cell carcinoma stage surgery Symptoms in primary syndrome Testicular cancer therapy Treatment overview tumours ultrasonography ultrasound urological weight loss women
Referencias a este libro
Evidence-based Diagnosis in Primary Care: Practical Solutions to Common Problems Andrew Polmear Vista previa restringida - 2008 |