Purchase oncology books for reference or background information Add to your professional library with oncology books that you can refer to frequently.

I recommend:  Purchase DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, published in 2008. The reference book offers comprehensive and cutting-edge information on oncology and the multimodality treatment of every type of cancer. This 8th edition comes in full color and includes more than 40 entirely new chapters and 70 rewritten chapters. Order a copy of the 7th edition Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy, by Roland Skeel. Published in 2007, this pocket reference book gives its owners complete coverage of rational chemotherapy principles, chemotherapeutic and biotherapeutic agents available, treatment of specific cancers and selected aspects of supportive care. Read the Handbook of Evidence-based Radiation Oncology. Within the portable reference book, you'll find information on treatment recommendations, key trials and studies, practical guidelines for radiation techniques, complications and follow-up guidelines.

Subscribe to or bookmark the magazines on oncology most relevant to you You'll find an abundant supply of current information in various magazines. Oncology magazines include articles on cancer research, options and treatments, discoveries and trends.

I recommend:  Read US Oncology News, a bimonthly, online news magazine for oncologists that provides current cancer news, analyses and insights. Order your subscription to Seminars in Oncology Nursing, a magazine offering oncology articles detailing current information and news in the field of cancer nursing. For international oncology publications, subscribe to Oncology News International, an oncology business publication that covers scientific meetings and conferences within the international cancer research community.

Search among oncology journals for in-depth information on specific topics Keep up with ground-breaking research via articles on oncology found in peer-reviewed professional journals.

I recommend:  Order a subscription to Journal of Clinical Oncology, the official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. If you don't subscribe, you can still search the JCO site, search Medline, review tables of contents and abstracts, sign up for E-mail alerts and access in-depth articles about oncology on a pay-per-view basis. Subscribe to The American Journal of Clinical Oncology, the official journal of the American College of Radiation Oncology. Aimed at cancer surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, GYN oncologists and pediatric oncologists, the journal focuses on combined modality multidisciplinary loco-regional management of cancer and emphasizes translational research, outcome studies and cost utility analyses. For pediatric oncology publications, start with the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Each issue of the professional oncology publication includes case studies, original research articles, specially developed continuing seminars, analyses of radiological problems in pediatric hematology/oncology and ethical/legal discussions. Sift through the oncology articles to find the ones that matter most to you at the Northwestern Radiology Interventional Oncology website. The in-depth articles cover all types of cancer and come from medical journals and other sources.