60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
This unique book provides a retrospective analysis of the changes in survival outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center over the past six decades. Since opening its doors in 1944, M.D. Anderson has kept a continuous, uninterrupted data repository of the treatment and outcomes of each of its patients. It is this visionary database from the center’s tumor registry which makes this groundbreaking book possible. Tracking results across time, this book shows radical shifts in outcomes trends, where great progress has been made, and where there is still a long way to go, and offers a snapshot into the parallel history of developments in care. Such data is crucial to informing how patients are counseled, how treatment decisions are determined, and how prognoses are made.

60 Years of Survival Outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the only book to concurrently present longitudinal data on survival outcomes across the spectrum of rare and common cancers. Each chapter deals with a specific disease site, discussing current management approaches and presenting key data replete with illustrative charts, graphs, and tables. With the resources available only to the practitioners at this inimitable institution, this book heralds a cornerstone moment in the study of survival outcomes and the depth of our knowledge of cancer care.

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60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
This unique book provides a retrospective analysis of the changes in survival outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center over the past six decades. Since opening its doors in 1944, M.D. Anderson has kept a continuous, uninterrupted data repository of the treatment and outcomes of each of its patients. It is this visionary database from the center’s tumor registry which makes this groundbreaking book possible. Tracking results across time, this book shows radical shifts in outcomes trends, where great progress has been made, and where there is still a long way to go, and offers a snapshot into the parallel history of developments in care. Such data is crucial to informing how patients are counseled, how treatment decisions are determined, and how prognoses are made.

60 Years of Survival Outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the only book to concurrently present longitudinal data on survival outcomes across the spectrum of rare and common cancers. Each chapter deals with a specific disease site, discussing current management approaches and presenting key data replete with illustrative charts, graphs, and tables. With the resources available only to the practitioners at this inimitable institution, this book heralds a cornerstone moment in the study of survival outcomes and the depth of our knowledge of cancer care.

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This unique book provides a retrospective analysis of the changes in survival outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center over the past six decades. Since opening its doors in 1944, M.D. Anderson has kept a continuous, uninterrupted data repository of the treatment and outcomes of each of its patients. It is this visionary database from the center’s tumor registry which makes this groundbreaking book possible. Tracking results across time, this book shows radical shifts in outcomes trends, where great progress has been made, and where there is still a long way to go, and offers a snapshot into the parallel history of developments in care. Such data is crucial to informing how patients are counseled, how treatment decisions are determined, and how prognoses are made.

60 Years of Survival Outcomes at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the only book to concurrently present longitudinal data on survival outcomes across the spectrum of rare and common cancers. Each chapter deals with a specific disease site, discussing current management approaches and presenting key data replete with illustrative charts, graphs, and tables. With the resources available only to the practitioners at this inimitable institution, this book heralds a cornerstone moment in the study of survival outcomes and the depth of our knowledge of cancer care.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461451969
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 11/22/2012
Edition description: 2013
Pages: 346
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Ch. 1: Introduction

M. Alma Rodriguez

Ch. 2: History of MD Anderson’sTumor Registry

Sarah H. Taylor

Ch. 3: Statistical Methods

            Geoffrey G. Giacco, Sarah H. Taylor, Kenneth R. Hess

Ch. 4: Breast Cancer

            Aman U. Buzdar, Thomas A. Buchholz, Sarah H. Taylor, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, and Kelly K. Hunt

Ch. 5: Prostate Cancer

            Deborah A. Kuban, Karen E. Hoffman, Paul Corn, Curtis Pettaway

Ch. 6: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

            Ritsuko Komaki, Anne Tsao, Reeza Mehran

Ch. 7: Small Cell Lung Cancer

            Frank V. Fossella

Ch. 8: Colon Cancer

            Cathy Eng, Patrick Lynch, John Skibber

Ch. 9: Ovarian Cancer

            Robert L. Coleman, David M. Gershenson

Ch. 10: Cervical Cancer

            Patricia J. Eifel, Charles Levenback

Ch. 11: Endometrial Cancer

            Thomas Burke, Anuja Jhingran, Karen Lu, Russel Broaddus

Ch. 12: Pancreatic Cancer (Exocrine)

            Jason Fleming, Matthew Katz, Rosa Hwang, Gauri Varadhachary

Ch. 13: Kidney Cancer

            Scott E. Delacroix, Jr., Surena F. Matin, John Araujo, Christopher G. Wood

Ch. 14: Bladder Cancer

            Robert S. Svatek, Ashish M. Kamat, Arlene Siefker-Radtke, Colin P.N. Dinney

Ch. 15: Cutaneous Melanoma

            Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Geoffrey G. Giacco, Jeffrey E. Lee

Ch. 16: Liver Cancer

            Evan S. Glazer, Steven A. Curley

Ch. 17: Esophageal Cancer

            Linus Ho, Wayne Hofstetter, Ritsuko Komaki, Steven Hsesheng Lin

Ch. 18: Gastric Cancer

            Alexandria T. Phan, Paul F. Mansfield

Ch. 19: Acute Myeloid Leukemia

            Emil J. Freireich

Ch. 20: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

            Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, Michael J. Keating

Ch. 21: Hodgkin Lymphoma

            Michelle Fanale, Bouthaina Dabaja, Uday Popat, Paolo Anderlini, Anas Younes

Ch. 22: Non-Hodgkin Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma

            Sattva S. Neelapu

Ch. 23: Non-Hodgkin Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma

            M. Alma Rodriguez

Ch. 24: Multiple Myeloma

            Donna Weber, Raymond Alexanian

Ch. 25: Head and Neck Cancer

            Ehab Hanna, Bonnie Glisson, Kian Ang, Randal Weber

Ch. 26: Thyroid Cancer

            Steven I. Sherman, Nancy Perrier, Gary L. Clayman

Ch. 27: Soft Tissue Sarcomas

            Vinod Ravi, Raphael Pollock, Shreyaskumar R. Patel

Ch. 28: Sarcomas of Bone

            Valerae Lewis

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