Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the
diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general
oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in
specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are
more often preliminary reports on a very limited number of patients.
Certain general journals frequently publish good indepth reviews of
cancer topics, and pub- lished symposium lectures are often the best
overviews available. Unfortu- nately, these reviews and supplements
appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure when a topic of
special interest will be covered. Cancer Treatment and Research is a
series of authoritative volumes which aim to meet this need. It is an
attempt to establish a critical mass of oncology literature covering
virtually all oncology topics, revised frequently to keep the coverage
up to date, easily available on a single library shelf or by a single
personal subscription. We have approached the problem in the following
fashion. First, by di- viding the oncology literature into specific
subdivisions such as lung cancer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric
oncology, etc. Second, by asking eminent authorities in each of these
areas to edit a volume on the specific topic on an annual or biannual
basis. Each topic and tumor type is covered in a volume appearing
frequently and predictably, discussing current diagnosis, staging,
markers, all forms of treatment modalities, basic biology, and more.