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Courtroom Medicine: Cancer

The most comprehensive guide to cancer as the subject of litigation: includes all aspects of diagnosing and managing every type of organ and systemic cancers.


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    The most comprehensive guide to cancer as a medico-legal subject of litigation.

    •  Cancers of lung, skin, blood, breast, digestive tract and specific organs
    •  Etiology, epidemiology, anatomic site, histology, metastasis, relation to various industrial exposures, occupations subject to exposures
    •  Relationship of cancer to various carcinogenic agents, such as diethylstibesterol (DES), Agent Orange and asbestos
    •  Each cancer related to an industrial setting and latency period, signs and symptoms of exposure, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
    •  Federal rules and regulations, specific damage awards, trial testimony, glossary, bibliography and index

    First published in 1978.

    3 Volumes, looseleaf; updated two times a year with revisions and supplements.

    Authored by Arthur Frank, M.D., Ph.D., and other contributors.


    The eBook versions of this title feature links to Lexis Advance for further legal research options.

    VOLUME 13

    PART 1: CANCER--IN THE COURTROOM
    Chapter 1 Techniques of Examination of Witnesses

    PART 2: BASIC MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS
    Chapter 2 What is Cancer?
    Chapter 2A The Cancer Specialist
    Chapter 3 Causes of Cancer
    Chapter 3A Pain in the Cancer Patient
    Chapter 3B The Basics of Cancer Epidemiology
    Chapter 3C Nutrition and Cancer
    Chapter 3D Laboratory Models in the Study of Cancer
    Chapter 3E Host Factors and the Development of Cancer
    Chapter 3F Molecular Genetics and Cancer
    Chapter 4 Methods of Diagnosis
    Chapter 4A Clinical Advances in Molecular Genetics
    Chapter 4B Screening for Cancer
    Chapter 4C Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Nuclear Medicine
    Chapter 5 Methods of Therapy
    Chapter 5A Cancer Chemotherapy
    Chapter 5B Complications of Cancer Treatment
    Chapter 5C Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
    Chapter 5D Evolution of Chemotherapy in Cancer Treatment
    Chapter 5E Chemotherapy Resistance
    Chapter 5F Growth Rates of Tumors
    Chapter 5G Alternative Therapies
    Chapter 5H Cancer and Quackery
    Chapter 6 Care of the Cancer Patient
    Chapter 6A Cancer in Children
    Chapter 6B Oncologic Emergencies
    Chapter 6C Psychological Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer
    Chapter 6D The Economics of Cancer
    Chapter 7 Lung Cancer
    Chapter 7A Mesothelioma
    Chapter 7B The Epidemiology and the Etiology of Lung Cancer
    Chapter 7C Lung Cancer and Tobacco Use
    Chapter 7D Pneumoconiosis

    VOLUME 13A

    Chapter 8 Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Other Blood-Related Malignancies
    Chapter 8A Cancers of Soft Tissue and Bone
    Chapter 8B Cancer and AIDS
    Chapter 9 Cancer of the Liver, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
    Chapter 10 Cancer of the Pancreas
    Chapter 10A Cancer of the Larynx and Vocal Cords
    Chapter 11 Cancers of the Digestive Tract
    Chapter 11A Cancer of the Prostate
    Chapter 11B Bladder Tumors
    Chapter 12 Cancers of the Urinary Tract
    Chapter 12A Cancers of the Female Reproductive Organs
    Chapter 12B Breast Cancer
    Chapter 12C Cancers of the Head
    Chapter 12D Cancers of the Neck
    Chapter 12E Cancer of the Brain and Nervous System
    Chapter 12F Cancer of the Skin: Melanoma
    Chapter 12H Smokeless Tobacco
    Chapter 12I Mammography
    Chapter 12J Cancer of the Thyroid

    PART 3: CANCER AND PHYSICAL AGENTS
    Chapter 13 Cancer Related to Trauma
    Chapter 14 Ionizing Radiation
    Chapter 15 Nonionizing Radiation
    Chapter 15A Right-To-Know

    VOLUME 13B

    PART 4: CARCINOGENIC AGENTS
    Chapter 16 Chemical Carcinogenesis
    Chapter 16A Carcinogen Update
    Chapter 17 Hydrocarbons
    Chapter 17A Methylene Chloride
    Chapter 17B Chlordane
    Chapter 17C Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
    Chapter 17D Aromatic Amines
    Chapter 18 The Chloroethers
    Chapter 19 Chloroprene
    Chapter 20 Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
    Chapter 21 Dioxane
    Chapter 22 Mustard Gas
    Chapter 23 Vinyl Chloride
    Chapter 23A Formaldehyde
    Chapter 23B Silica and Silicone
    Chapter 24 Pesticides
    Chapter 25 Other Carcinogenic Compounds
    Chapter 25A Agent Orange
    Chapter 25B Radon
    Chapter 26 Asbestos
    Chapter 27 Particulates Other than Asbestos
    Chapter 28 Metal Carcinogenesis
    Chapter 29 Arsenic
    Chapter 30 Beryllium and Berylliosis
    Chapter 31 Cadmium
    Chapter 32 Chromates
    Chapter 33 Nickel
    Chapter 34 Other Metals with Potential Carcinogenity
    Chapter 35 Medical Consequences of Household and Workplace Toxins
    Chapter 36-48 Reserved
    Chapter 49 Admissibility of Scientific Evidence Under Daubert and Post-Daubert Rules
    Chapter 50 Regulation of Carcinogens

    PART 5: RULES AND REGULATIONS
    Appendix I Standards for Protection Against Radiation
    Appendix II Standards for Exposure to Toxic and Hazardous Substances
    Appendix III Standards for Exposure to Asbestos
    Appendix IV Standards for Exposure to Vinyl Chloride

    PART 6: MEDICO-LEGAL ANNOTATIONS
    Damages Awards Chart
    Chapter 100 Amount of Awards
    Chapter 101 Significant Cases Involving Specific Matters
    Glossary
    Legal Bibliography
    Index

     

    Arthur L. Frank, MD, Ph.D


    Arthur L. Frank received his M.D. degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and his Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from the City University of New York. He was trained in both internal medicine and occupational medicine and holds board certification in both fields. As a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service, he conducted research at the National Cancer Institute. His major research activities have included the study of occupational lung diseases such as asbestosis and silicosis, occupational cancers, especially those related to asbestos exposure, and he has worked in the area of agricultural safety and health.

     

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