This, the seventh volume in the New Clinical Applications Series, has an international flavour, with contributions from Australia (Mr N.e. Davis), Great Britain (Drs A.W. Macfarlane, N.C. Smith, M.F. Spittle, J.L.Verbov), and USA (Dr M.e. Finan and Professor R.K. Winkelmann). Dr Smith discusses some common skin tumours with his character istic informative clarity. It is appropriate that an authority such as Mr Davis should discuss a tumour that has a particularly high inci dence in his own country. Dr Spittle is a recognized authority on lymphomas and she writes succinctly on their...

Our understanding of inflammation has increased rapidly in recent years, due in large part to the impact of molecular biology and gene identification and cloning. This book brings together ideas from a number of different biochemical disciplines which are frequently not integrated.
The first chapter gives a visual overview of the subject; the remaining chapters are organized into three themes: the affector molecules, the regulatory components and the processes of inflammation itself.
This book is essential reading for the busy physician or pathologist who wants to be up-to-date...