Overview
- The only work of its kind, analyzing cancer survival outcomes across the spectrum of disease sites
- The resulting work of 60+ years of data collection from M.D. Anderson’s tumor registry
- Inspired by the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the world’s foremost institution extensively devoted to cancer research, patient care, prevention, and education
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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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.
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Book Title: 60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Editors: M. Alma Rodriguez, Ronald S. Walters, Thomas W. Burke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5197-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5196-9Published: 22 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4190-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5197-6Published: 27 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 346
Topics: Oncology, Cancer Research, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Epidemiology