Abeloff's Clinical Oncology

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Abeloff's Clinical Oncology
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Fifth edition (2013)
LanguageEnglish
Subject Oncology
Genre Reference
Publisher Churchill Livingstone
Elsevier
Publication date
1995 (1st edition)
2000 (2nd edition)
2004 (3rd edition)
2008 (4th edition)
2013 (5th edition)
2019 (6th edition)
Pages2,072 (6th edition)
ISBN 9780323476744

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology is a medical reference work covering the field of oncology. First released in 1995 by Churchill Livingstone, it is currently published by Elsevier.

Contents

History

The first edition, titled Clinical Oncology, was published by Churchill Livingstone in 1995. [1] In 2000, a second edition was released with an extra chapter on cancer prevention and screening. [2] A third edition was released four years later with more updates over the previous edition. [3]

Its founding editor, Martin Abeloff, died in 2007. [4] The book is currently in its sixth edition. [5]

Reception

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology has been described as a "recognized comprehensive oncology reference work", [4] and one of the "most recognizable" oncology textbooks. [3]

References

  1. Friedman, Michael (21 September 1995). "Book Review Clinical Oncology Edited by Martin D. Abeloff, James O. Armitage, Allen S. Lichter, and John E. Niederhuber. 2350 pp., illustrated. new York, Churchill Livingstone, 1995. $199. 0-443-08941-8". New England Journal of Medicine . 333 (12): 809. doi:10.1056/NEJM199509213331221.
  2. Seifter, E. J. (3 January 2001). "Clinical Oncology, Second Edition". Journal of the National Cancer Institute . 93 (1): 63. doi:10.1093/jnci/93.1.63. PMID   11136845.
  3. 1 2 Argiris, Athanassios. "CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 3RD EDITION". Shock .
  4. 1 2 Egner, James R. (17 March 2010). "Abeloff's Clinical Oncology". JAMA . 303 (11): 1097. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.288.
  5. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Edition. Elsevier. 26 March 2019. ISBN   978-0323476744.