Carlos Pérez

What challenges do researchers face when surveying immigrant populations and ethnic minorities? What are the best ways to ensure that general population surveys adequately represent minority groups? The first book to systematically address these questions, this volume analyzes more than a dozen surveys conducted in eight Western countries on topics ranging from politics to health. These case studies-which include local and national surveys with various...

Ideal for on-the-spot consultation, this pocket manual, "Radiation Oncology: Management Decisions", provides easily accessible information for residents and practitioners in radiation oncology. It presents the most essential information that is immediately required in the clinical setting. The first eight chapters of the book focus on key basic concepts; the remaining 46 chapters describe treatment regimens for all cancer sites and tumor types. It...

This edition provides increased coverage of radiation oncology in palliative and supportive care. Six new chapters cover stereotactic irradiation outside the CNS; photodynamic therapy; radiation and gene therapy; prostate-intermediate and high risk; oncologic imaging/oncologic anatomy; and economics of radiation oncology.