A consultant oncologist and a family practitioner have brought together their different and complementary experience of dealing with cancer to provide primary care physicians with the information they need to meet the demands that will be made of them. With input from specialists in oncology, surgery and palliative care, it describes each of the major types of cancer in adults and children, with each chapter following an identical format. For each type of cancer, risk factors, epidemiology and demographic data are presented, with comment on diagnostic and screening issues. Options for...