Principles and Practices of Pediatric Oncology

Part 1 Basic issues in paediatric oncology: general principles of the epidemiology of childhood cancer; childhood cancer, the environment, and heredity; the molecular basis of childhood cancer; growth factors, cytokines and childhood cancer; tumour immunology and paediatric cancer. Part 2 Diagnosis and evaluation of the child with cancer: clinical assessment and differential diagnosis of the child with suspected cancer; pathology and molecular diagnosis of paediatric malignancies; imaging studies in the diagnosis of paediatric malignancies. Part 3 Principles of multimodal therapy: general principles of chemotherapy; general principles of surgery; general principles of radiation therapy; general principles of immunotherapy; special considerations for the infant with cancer; bone marrow transplantation in paediatric oncology; novel molecular approaches and gene therapy for childhood cancer; cancer clinical trails - designs, conduct, analysis and reporting. Part 4 Management of common cancers of childhood: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; chronic leukaemias of childhood;myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes; Hodgkin's disease; non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of childhood; lymphoproliferative disorders; the histiocytoses; tumours of the central nervous system; retinoblastoma; hepatic tumours; Wilms tumour; neuroblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma and undifferentiated sarcomas; Ewing's sarcoma family of tumours; the less common soft tissue sarcomas of childhood; osteosarcomas; germ cell tumours; endocrine tumours; infrequent childhood tumours; paediatric AIDS and childhood cancer. Part 5 Supportive care of children with cancer: oncologic emergencies; haematologic supportive care of the paediatric cancer patient; infectious complications in the paediatric oncology patient; the role of haematopoietic cytokines in supportive care; nutritional supportive care; management of pain; management of nausea and vomiting; nursing support of the child with cancer; rehabilitation of the child with cancer; psychiatric and psychosocial support for the child and family; the other side of the bed - what caregivers can learn from listening to patients and their families; ethical considerations in paediatric oncology. Part 6 Other issues arising at diagnosis, during treatment and after cessation of therapy: late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment; educational issues for children with cancer; management of the dying child; financial issues in patient care - the impact of changing healthcare on patients and care providers; advocacy, legal, insurance and employment issues. (Part contents).