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2000 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook Fourth Edition Editors: Gail M. Wilkes, RN, MS, AOCN; Karen Ingwersen, RN, MSN, OCN; Margaret Barton-Burke, RN, MS, AOCN Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers ISBN: 0763711659 OncoLink Rating: The editors of this book are all...
A Medical Professional's Guide to Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplants, Fourth Edition Written by: The National Marrow Donor Program Over the last 35 years, bone marrow and stem cell transplantation have moved from an experimental treatment to a widely accepted standard of care for many diseases. By the mid-1970s, the first...
American Cancer Society Consumers Guide to Cancer Drugs Authors: Gail M. Wilkes, RN, MS, AOCN; Terri B. Ades, RN, MS, AOCN; Irwin Krakoff, MD Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., Massachusetts, 2000 ISBN: 0-7637-1170-5 OncoLink Rating: This book was...
American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide Editors: David R. Goldman MD, FACP and David A. Horowitz, MD Publisher: DK Publishing, INC ISBN: 0-7894-4412-7 OncoLink Rating: This book is a comprehensive resource that will benefit every member of the family at...
Bone Marrow Transplants: A Guide for Cancer Patients and Their Families Author: Marianne L., R.N. Shaffer, George W. Santos Publisher: Baxley Media Group (110 West Main, Urbana, IL 61801-2700; 217-384-4838) provided us with some videos for review which deal, either directly or...
Cancer And Its Management Authors: Souhami & Jeffrey Tobias Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd., London, 1998 ISBN: 0-86542-774-7 OncoLink Rating: Professor Souhami and Dr. Tobias are both London-based oncologists who wrote this text for...
Cancer Clinical Trials: Experimental Treatments and How They Can Help You Author: Robert Finn Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-566-1 OncoLink Rating: Cancer Clinical Trials is a book that empowers cancer patients to critically evaluate research studies for which they may be eligible. ...
Cancer Facts: A Concise Oncology Text Author: James F. Bishop, MD Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers ISBN: 90-5702-470-5 OncoLink Rating: Cancer Facts: A Concise Oncology Text is an excellent resource not only for oncologists, but also for general...
Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach Authors: Richard Pazdur, MD, Lawrence R. Coia, MD, William J. Hoskins, MD and Lawrence D. Wagman, MD Publisher: PRR ISBN: 1-891483-01-3 OncoLink Rating: Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a...
Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach revised 4th edition Authors: Richard Pazdur, William J. Hoskins, Lawrence Wagman, and Lawrence R. Coia Publisher: Publisher Research & Representation, Inc. ISBN: 1891483056 OncoLink Rating: The revised 4th edition of Cancer Management:...
Cancer Symptom Management Authors: Connie Henke Yarbro, Margaret Hansen Frogge, Michelle Goodman Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 2000 Format: Paperback with companion CD-ROM ISBN: 0-7637-1167-5 OncoLink Rating: Cancer...
Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know & Don't Know About Cancer Author: Robert N. Proctor Publisher: BasicBooks, New York, 1995 ISBN: 0-465-02756-3 or 0-465-00859-3 (paperback) OncoLink Rating: Robert N. Proctor is a Professor of the History of Science at Pennsylvania State University. ...
Clinical Cancer Genetics: Risk Counseling and Management Author: Kenneth Offit, M.D., M.P.H. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publication, 1998 Format: Hardcover, 419 pages ISBN: 0-471-14655-2 OncoLink Rating: Dr. Offit graduated from Princeton University, and...
Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology Editors: Lodovico Balducci, MD, Gary H. Lyman, MD, and William B. Ershler, MD Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers ISBN: 90-5702-225-7 OncoLink Rating: Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology is a textbook that is...
Curing Cancer: The Story Of The Men And Women Unlocking The Secrets Of Our Deadliest Illness Author: Michael Waldholz Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997 (First Touchstone Edition 1999) ISBN: 0-684-81125-1 hardback, 0-684-84802-3 paperback OncoLink Rating: Michael Waldholz is a staff reporter at...
Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy Third Edition Author: Malin Dollinger, M.D., Ernest H. Rosenbaum, M.D., and Greg Cable Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Price: $21.95 US ISBN: 0-8362-3709-9 OncoLink Rating: The revised third edition of Everyone's Guide to...
Familial Cancer and Prevention Molecular Epidemiology: A New Strategy Toward Cancer Control Editors: Joji Utsunomiya, John J. Mulvihill, Walter Weber Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., May 1999 ISBN: 0-471-24937-8 OncoLink Rating: This book was inspired by the UICC (International Union Against Cancer)...
Fatigue in Cancer: A Multidimensional Approach Authors: Maryl L. Winningham, Margaret Barton-Burke Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., Massachusetts, 2000 ISBN: 0-7637-0630-2 OncoLink Rating: Maryl L. Winningham has a bachelor's and master's degree...
Getting the Best From Your Doctor Authors: Alan N. Schwartz, MD, Richard Jiminez, MD, Tracy Myers, MHA, and Andrew Solomon, MD Publisher: Chronimed Publishing Price: $23.95 ($33.95 CAN) ISBN: 1-56561-155-1 OncoLink Rating: Recent changes in the...
Handbook of Palliative Care in Cancer Authors: Alexander Waller, MD and Nancy L. Caroline, MD Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 0-7506-9744-X OncoLink Rating: The Handbook of Palliative Care in Cancer is an excellent reference for any physician or...
Hope -- At Last -- in Cancer Treatment Author: Vincent Anku, MD Publisher: Achilles Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 0-9647741-0-1 OncoLink Rating: Amazon.com Disclosure Hope -- At Last -- in Cancer Treatment is an excellent reference for cancer patients and their...
How To Improve Your Odds Against Cancer Author: John F. Potter, MD Publisher: Lifetime Books, Inc. Price: $14.95 (US) $19.95 (CAN) ISBN: 0-8119-0851-8 OncoLink Rating: How To Improve Your Odds Against Cancer was written to teach the reader cancer...
Informed Decisions: The Complete Book of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery Title: Informed Decisions: The Complete Book of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery Authors: Gerald P Murphy, MD, Lois B. Morris, and Dianne Lange Publisher: Viking, in conjunction with The American Cancer Society Price: US $39.95 Canada...
Making Informed Medical Decisions: Where to Look and How to Use What You Find Authors: Nancy Oster, Lucy Thomas, Darol Joseff, Susan Love Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 1-56592-459-2 OncoLink Rating: Within the policy context of the drive towards evidence-based practice, it is...
Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell Author: Natalie Angier Publisher: Mariner Books, 1999 ISBN: 0-395-92472-3 OncoLink Rating: "Natural Obsessions is a book about the search for the molecular origins of cancer. What the book most emphatically is not...
Oncologic Therapies Consulting Medical Editor: Dr. Martin D. Abeloff Publisher: eMedguides.com ISBN: 0967681103 Format: Paperback, 536 pages OncoLink Rating: Oncology & Hematology 2000 -- An Internet Resource Guide is published by...
Oncology & Hematology 2000 -- An Internet Resource Guide Consulting Medical Editor: Dr. Martin D. Abeloff Publisher: eMedguides.com ISBN: 0967681103 Format: Paperback, 536 pages OncoLink Rating: Oncology & Hematology 2000 -- An Internet Resource Guide is published by...
Over 140 Things You Need to Know about Your Autologous Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplant Author: Mark Patton Publisher: ...
Pain: Clinical Manual (Second Edition) Authors: Margo McCaffery, RN, MS, FAAN, and Chris Pasero, RN, MSNc Publisher: Mosby, 1999 Format: Paperback, 795 pages ISBN: 0-8151-5609-X OncoLink Rating: Medical texts often overlook the treatment of pain as a...
PDR for Herbal Medicines Publisher: Medical Economics Company ISBN: 1-56363-292-6 OncoLink Rating: It has been shown approximately 40% of cancer patients are using some form of unconventional medical therapy (UMT). Herbal medicines...
Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum Author: Rose Mary Carroll-John RN, MN, Linda Gorman RN, MN, CS, OCN, CRNH, and Nancy Jo Bush, RN, MN, MA, OCN, MFCC Intern Publisher: Oncology Nursing Press, Inc. Price: $29.95 for ONS members, $36.00 for nonmembers, plus $6.00 s/h To...
Racing to the Beginning of the Road: The Search for the Origin of Cancer Author: Robert A. Weinberg Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1998 ISBN: 0-7167-3283-1 OncoLink Rating: This book covers cancer research beginning in the mid-1970's, and ending in 1986. The author,...
Reviews of Cancer Videos from Baxley Media Group Baxley Media Group (110 West Main, Urbana, IL 61801-2700; 217-384-4838) provided us with some videos for review which deal, either directly or indirectly, with the "cancer experience." Our comments concerning these videos are included here for...
Surgery: A Patient's Guide from Diagnosis to Recovery Authors: Claire Mailhot, Melinda Brubaker, Linda Garratt Slezak Publisher: University of California, San Francisco, Nursing Press ISBN: 0943671191 Price: $20.00 OncoLink Rating: There are an estimated 50 million surgeries performed in...
The Basic Science of Oncology (Third Edition) Editors: Ian F. Tannock and Richard P. Hill Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998 ISBN: 0-07-105484-7 OncoLink Rating: The Basic Science of Oncology is a compilation of information about the science of cancer...
The Cancer Dictionary Author: Roberta Altman and Michael J. Sarg, MD Publisher: Checkmark Books ISBN: 0-8160-3954-2 OncoLink Rating: As medical technology moves forward, more and more medical terms are added to the health care provider's...
The Cancer Dictionary: Revised Edition Authors: Roberta Altman and Michael J. Sarg, MD Publisher: Checkmark Books, New York, 2000 (First Edition 1992) ISBN: 0-8160-3953-4 (hardcover) or 0-8160-3954-2 (paperback) OncoLink Rating: Journalist Altman...
The Cancer Industry: The Classic Expose on the Cancer Establishment Author: Ralph W. Moss, PhD Publisher: Equinox Press, Inc., New York, 1999 ISBN: ISBN 1-881025-09-8 OncoLink Rating: NOT recommended Dr. Moss is a member of the Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council of the National...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Living with Breast Cancer Authors: Sharon Sorenson, Suzanne Metzger, Jody Brennan Publisher: Alpha Books ISBN: 0028639383 OncoLink Rating: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Living with Breast Cancer is written by two breast cancer survivors....
The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition Author: Robert Berkow (Editor), Mark H. Md. Beers (Editor) Publisher: The Merck Manual is a well-known general medical reference used by thousands of Physicians. Merck Research Laboratories a major pharmaceutical...
Understanding Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Author: C. Norman Coleman, MD Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1998 Format: Paperback, 176 pages Price: $13.95 (US$) To Order: Call from USA & Canada 1-800-537-5487, Monday - Friday, 8:30-5:00 ET ISBN: 0-8018-6020-2 ...
Understanding Clinical Trials (DVD) Author: National Cancer Institute ...
What You Really Need to Know About Cancer Author: Dr. Robert Buckman Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Price: $19.95 US ISBN: 0-8018-5593-4 OncoLink Rating: "What You Really Need to Know About Cancer" is a good overview of cancer for both...
Worst Pills Best Pills Authors: Sidney M. Wolfe, MD, Larry D. Sasich, Pharm.D., MPH, Rose-Ellen Hope, R.Ph., and Public Citizen's Health Research Group Publisher: Pocket Books Health ISBN: 0-671-01918-X OncoLink Rating: Recent studies...