The clinical problems considered in detail include nutritional support, glucose homeostasis, disorders of mineral metabolism, disorders of growth and sexual development, hypopituitarism, vasopressin disorders, the ectopic ACTH syndrome, peptide-secreting tumors of the gut, gonadal and genitourinary cancer, endocrine effects of therapy, multiple endocrine adenomatosis, skin changes in cancer, and immunologic effects of tumors. Tables, graphs, diagrams, and good illustrations. References and a subject index.