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Cancer Rehabilitation
Mayo Clin Proc, December 1984, Vol 59
surgical considerations of renal carcinoma in adults written from the urologic standpoint and the other on endocrine considerations of masses involving the adrenal gland. Seven case studies that appear at the end of the book serve as a review and allow readers to test their understanding of the material. The text provides a good survey of the current knowledge and practice with regard to the subjects covered, and pertinent references are cited. The work suffers from the usual problems of multiauthored texts, including some repetition of material, minor differences in organization of the various chapters, and uneven style. A more serious criticism relates to the quality of the illustrations. Although the illustrations in this book are well organized, many are too small, too dark, or reproduced with an inadequate gray scale. Arrows indicating pertinent findings are often too small to be easily distinguished. This volume serves as a good introduction to computed tomography of the kidneys and adrenal glands. As such, it would be of interest to residents in radiology and general radiologists who want an overview of the subject. Byrn Williamson, Jr., M . D . Department of Diagnostic Radiology
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of surgical reconstruction and use of prostheses in patients with maxillofacial cancer. Other chapters on ostomy care, nutritional support, pain control, sexual rehabilitation, and psychiatric concerns are also clinically oriented and useful. An apparent effort was made by all contributing authors to keep the material presented practical and readily applicable to patient management. For example, the chapter on ostomy care provides a clinical outline to ostomy care in cancer patients which details how home management varies with the type of ostomy and the patient's abilities. In addition, the potential effect of radiation therapy and chemotherapy on ostomy function is reviewed. The final chapter addresses the issue of cancer rehabilitation in pediatric oncology. It is an excellent presentation of cancer rehabilitation concerns unique to the pediatric population. In general, the authors were quite successful in producing a book that would complement and not duplicate material that is already available on cancer rehabilitation. Also highly commendable is the effort to keep the book a clinically useful tool. I recommend this valuable text to any specialist who works in cancer rehabilitation. Robert W . DePompolo, M.D. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cancer Rehabilitation, edited by Albert E. Gunn, 237 pp, with illus, $38, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Perhaps a more appropriate title for this book would have been Selected Topics in Cancer Rehabilitation. The intent of the editor was not to cover the full spectrum of cancer rehabilitation but to focus on subjects of interest that have not been thoroughly addressed in already available texts. The book is directed at the wide variety of specialists who work with cancer rehabilitation patients. The initial chapter is an overview of cancer rehabilitation as practiced at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital. The presentation is essentially the editor's view of what cancer rehabilitation entails and how it might be organized and practiced. This introductory material sets the stage for the more intense information that follows. Although the second chapter is somewhat superficial in its review of the application of physical medicine techniques and modalities to patients with cancer, subsequent chapters tend to be more focused and detailed. The chapter on dental oncology and maxillofacial rehabilitation provides pertinent information about concerns in patients with oral cancer and a review of the role
Latent Dyslipoproteinemias and Atherosclerosis, edited by J. L. de Gennes, J. Polonovski, and R. Paoletti, 316 pp, with illus, $42, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Treatment of Hyperlipoproteinemia, edited by Lars A. Carlson and Anders G. Olsson, 284 pp, with illus, $48, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Although the background information is not specifically stated, both of these books consist of papers that were most likely presented at meetings held during 1983. The 35 papers in Latent Dyslipoproteinemias and Atherosclerosis are generally grouped according to subject matter. In many of the contributions, the authors have tried to depict the dynamic nature of lipoprotein metabolism realistically. In clinical medicine, serum lipoproteins are usually measured after a 12-hour nocturnal fast. This procedure gives a single, time-related measurement from a very dynamic system. Many of the papers deal with lipoprotein measurements taken earlier after eating and assess these values in consideration of
surgical considerations of renal carcinoma in adults written from the urologic standpoint and the other on endocrine considerations of masses involving the adrenal gland. Seven case studies that appear at the end of the book serve as a review and allow readers to test their understanding of the material. The text provides a good survey of the current knowledge and practice with regard to the subjects covered, and pertinent references are cited. The work suffers from the usual problems of multiauthored texts, including some repetition of material, minor differences in organization of the various chapters, and uneven style. A more serious criticism relates to the quality of the illustrations. Although the illustrations in this book are well organized, many are too small, too dark, or reproduced with an inadequate gray scale. Arrows indicating pertinent findings are often too small to be easily distinguished. This volume serves as a good introduction to computed tomography of the kidneys and adrenal glands. As such, it would be of interest to residents in radiology and general radiologists who want an overview of the subject. Byrn Williamson, Jr., M . D . Department of Diagnostic Radiology
BOOK REVIEWS
869
of surgical reconstruction and use of prostheses in patients with maxillofacial cancer. Other chapters on ostomy care, nutritional support, pain control, sexual rehabilitation, and psychiatric concerns are also clinically oriented and useful. An apparent effort was made by all contributing authors to keep the material presented practical and readily applicable to patient management. For example, the chapter on ostomy care provides a clinical outline to ostomy care in cancer patients which details how home management varies with the type of ostomy and the patient's abilities. In addition, the potential effect of radiation therapy and chemotherapy on ostomy function is reviewed. The final chapter addresses the issue of cancer rehabilitation in pediatric oncology. It is an excellent presentation of cancer rehabilitation concerns unique to the pediatric population. In general, the authors were quite successful in producing a book that would complement and not duplicate material that is already available on cancer rehabilitation. Also highly commendable is the effort to keep the book a clinically useful tool. I recommend this valuable text to any specialist who works in cancer rehabilitation. Robert W . DePompolo, M.D. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cancer Rehabilitation, edited by Albert E. Gunn, 237 pp, with illus, $38, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Perhaps a more appropriate title for this book would have been Selected Topics in Cancer Rehabilitation. The intent of the editor was not to cover the full spectrum of cancer rehabilitation but to focus on subjects of interest that have not been thoroughly addressed in already available texts. The book is directed at the wide variety of specialists who work with cancer rehabilitation patients. The initial chapter is an overview of cancer rehabilitation as practiced at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital. The presentation is essentially the editor's view of what cancer rehabilitation entails and how it might be organized and practiced. This introductory material sets the stage for the more intense information that follows. Although the second chapter is somewhat superficial in its review of the application of physical medicine techniques and modalities to patients with cancer, subsequent chapters tend to be more focused and detailed. The chapter on dental oncology and maxillofacial rehabilitation provides pertinent information about concerns in patients with oral cancer and a review of the role
Latent Dyslipoproteinemias and Atherosclerosis, edited by J. L. de Gennes, J. Polonovski, and R. Paoletti, 316 pp, with illus, $42, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Treatment of Hyperlipoproteinemia, edited by Lars A. Carlson and Anders G. Olsson, 284 pp, with illus, $48, New York, Raven Press, 1984 Although the background information is not specifically stated, both of these books consist of papers that were most likely presented at meetings held during 1983. The 35 papers in Latent Dyslipoproteinemias and Atherosclerosis are generally grouped according to subject matter. In many of the contributions, the authors have tried to depict the dynamic nature of lipoprotein metabolism realistically. In clinical medicine, serum lipoproteins are usually measured after a 12-hour nocturnal fast. This procedure gives a single, time-related measurement from a very dynamic system. Many of the papers deal with lipoprotein measurements taken earlier after eating and assess these values in consideration of