Continuing in the tradition of the world-famous Washington Manual[registered] of Medical Therapeutics, The Washington Manual[registered] of Oncology puts authoritative patient management recommendations at your fingertips. Its handy pocket size and user-friendly outline format ensure fast access to information. The book is organized by cancer site and tumor type, and each chapter follows a consistent format: clinical presentation; workup and staging; therapy according to stage; complications of the treatment and the disease; natural history of the disease; background information; current focus of research; and suggested readings. Also included are chapters on principles of clinical trials, cancer chemotherapy agents, and smoking cessation. The Washington Manual[registered] is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.