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Title

Prognostic factors in cancer / edited by M.K. Gospodarowicz [and others].

Publication

New York : Wiley-Liss, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors

• Gospodarowicz, M. K. (Mary K.)
• International Union against Cancer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126261

Description

xix, 809 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Survival Rate
• Neoplasm Staging
• Neoplasms > diagnosis
• Prognosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. A. Principles of Prognostic Factors. 1. The Importance of Prognosis in Cancer Medicine / William J. Mackillop. 2. Prognostic Factors: Principles and Application / Mary K. Gospodarowicz and Brian O'Sullivan. 3. Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Prognostic Factor Studies / Lisa M. McShane and Richard Simon. 4. Evaluating Prognostic Factor Studies / Richard Simon. 5. Artificial Neural Networks for Physicians: A Technology Introduction / David M. Rodvold, David G. McLeod and Jeffrey M. Brandt / [et al.]. 6. Tumor, Host, and Environment-related Prognostic Factors / Brian O'Sullivan, Mary K. Gospodarowicz and Robert G. Bristow. 7. Prognostic Factors in Cancer Patient Care / Mary K. Gospodarowicz and Brian O'Sullivan. 8. Psychosocial Factors in Prognosis / Claire V. I. Edmonds and Alastair J. Cunningham. 9. The Role of Prognostic Factors in Cancer Research / Patti A. Groome and William J. Mackillop.
• 10. Measuring the Accuracy of Prognostic Judgments / William J. Mackillop, Emma Bartfay and Patti A. Groome / [et al.] -- Pt. B. Prognostic Factors in Specific Cancers. 11. Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Larynx Cancer / Jean-Louis Lefebvre, Eric Lartigau and Ahmed Kara / [et al.]. 12. Paranasal Sinus Cancer / John N. Waldron and Ian J. Witterick. 13. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma / Brian O'Sullivan and Vincent Chong. 14. Salivary Gland Cancers / Joseph Califano and Ronald H. Spiro. 15. Thyroid Cancer / James D. Brierley and Sylvia L. Asa. 16. Cancer of the Esophagus / Hubert J. Stein and Marcus Feith. 17. Gastric Cancer / J. Han J. M. van Krieken, Mitsuru Sasako and Cornelis J. H. van de Velde. 18. Colorectal Cancer / Timothy J. Hobday and Charles Erlichman. 19. Anal Cancer / Bernard J. Cummings. 20. Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Philip J. Johnson. 21. Extrahepatic Biliary Tract and the Ampulla of Vater Cancers / Donald Earl Henson, Lynn G. Ries and Jorge Albares-Saavedra.
• 22. Cancer of the Pancreas / Jurgen D. Roder and Katja Ott. 23. Lung Cancer / Michael D. Brundage and William J. Mackillop. 24. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma / Heng-Nung Koong, Richard J. Battafarano and Robert J. Ginsberg. 25. Malignant Thymoma / David G. Payne. 26. Osteosarcoma / Aileen M. Davis, Jay S. Wander and Robert S. Bell. 27. Soft Tissue Sarcoma / Peter W. T. Pisters, Brian O'Sullivan and Raphael E. Pollock. 28. Skin Cancer / Michael Poulsen. 29. Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma / Peter J. Heenan, Lawrence L. Yu and Dallas R. English. 30. Breast Cancer / Patrick L. Fitzgibbons. 31. Vulvar Cancer / J. Lou Benedet and Thomas G. Ehlen. 32. Uterine Cervix Cancer / Graham Pitson and Anthony Fyles. 33. Endometrial Cancer / J. Lou Benedet and Dianne M. Miller. 34. Cancer of the Ovary and Fallopian Tube / Sergio Pecorelli, Franco E. Odicino and Lucia Zigliani. 35. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease / Hextan Y. S. Ngan and Ling-chui Wong.
• 36. Squamous-cell Carcinoma of the Penis / Simon Horenblas. 37. Prostate Cancer / Louis Denis and Gerald P. Murphy. 38. Germ-cell Testis Tumors / Hans-Joachim Schmoll and Christoph Rie. 39. Renal-cell Carcinoma / Hein Van Poppel, Goedele Beckers and Luc Baert. 40. Bladder Cancer / PierFrancesco Bassi and Francesco Pagano. 41. Intraocular Tumors / Arun D. Singh, Carol L. Shields and Jerry A. Shields. 42. Hodgkin's Disease / Lena Specht. 43. Non-Hodgkin's Malignant Lymphoma / Michael Crump and Mary Gospodarowicz. 44. Leukemia / Mark Minden. 45. Gliomas / Hiroko Ohgaki, Guido Reifenberger and Kazuhiro Nomura / [et al.]. 46. Pediatric Cancers / Karen J. Marcus and David Hodgson.

ISBN

0471406333 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001017531

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries