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Edited by Alan Horwich. 703 pp., illustrated. New York, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1995. $99.95. ISBN 0-412-55250-7.

Over 1 million people are given a diagnosis of cancer in the United States each year. Given the high cost of aggressive treatment of cancer and the increasing prevalence of managed-care and capitated insurance programs, oncologists are coming under intense pressure to reexamine and modify their algorithms for care within the context of medical cost containment. Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Textbook will interest practicing American oncologists for its view of the care of patients with cancer under the cost-containing influence of the British medical system. Residents and fellows will enjoy its refreshingly brief presentation of the basics of oncology.

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