Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of particular malignancy? The few general oncol­ ogy textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are more often prelimin­ ary reports on a very limited number of patients. Certain general journals frequently publish good in-depth reviews of cancer topics, and published symposium lectures are often the best overviews available. Unfortunately, these reviews and supplements appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure when a topic of special interest will be covered. Cancer Treatment and Research is a series of authoritative volumes that aim to meet this need. It is an attempt to establish a critical mass of oncology literature covering virtually all oncology topics, revised frequently to keep the coverage up to date, easily available on a single library shelf or by a single personal subscription. We have approached the problem in the following fashion. First, by dividing the oncology literature into specific subdivisions such as lung can­ cer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric oncology, etc. Second, by asking emin­ ent authorities in each of these areas to edit a volume on the specific topic on an annual or biannual basis. Each topic and tumor type is covered in a volume appearing frequently and predictably, discussing current diagnosis, staging, markers, all forms of treatment modalities, basic biology, and more.

I. Selected Topics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Evidence for a B-cell origin of the proliferating cells.- 3. Conclusions from Hodgkin-derived cell lines.- 4. The Sternberg-Reed cell: a cell-fusion product?.- 5. The immune derangement and strategies for immunotherapy.- 6. Prognostic factors including clinical markers.- 7. Circulating cells in Hodgkin's disease.- 8. Current management and controversies: a surgeon's view.- 9. Indications for staging laparotomy and partial splenectomy.- 10. Current management and controversies: the chemotherapist's view.- 11. Current management and controversies: a radiotherapist's view.- 12. Current management and controversies: the patient's view.- 13. Salvage treatment for patients with multiply relapsed Hodgkin's disease.- 14. Late effects of Hodgkin's disease treatment in children.- 15. Areas of neglect and controversies in the dental care of children with Hodgkin's disease.- II. Institutional Reports.- 16. Hodgkin's disease in Indian children.- 17. Treatment of childhood Hodgkin's disease with chemotherapy alone: experiences from the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.- 18. Pediatric Hodgkin's disease: late results and toxicity-the Toronto experience.- 19. The Pediatric Oncology Group: studies in Hodgkin's disease.- 20. Current practice in Hodgkin's disease: the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group.- 21. Results of therapy for Hodgkin's disease in childhood: the Argentine Group for Treatment of Acute Leukemia.- 22. The German cooperative therapy studies: an approach to minimize treatment modalities and invasive staging procedures.- 23. Hodgkin's disease in children and adolescents: experiences from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.- 24. Results of therapy for Hodgkin'sdisease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.- 25. Clinical investigations of children with Hodgkin's disease at Stanford University Medical center: a preliminary overview using low-dose irradiation and alternating ABVD/MOPP chemotherapy.- III. Summary.- 26. Hodgkin's disease monograph.- 27. Clinical overview of Hodgkin's disease.