Surgical foundations
Subtitle: essentials of surgical oncology
By: [edited by] Michael S. Sabel, Vernon K. Sondak, Jeffrey J. Sussman.
Contributors: Sabel, Michael S.; Sondak, Vernon K., 1957-; Sussman, Jeffrey J.
Series: Surgical foundations
Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780815143857
Subjects: Neoplasms -- surgery; Cancer -- Surgery
Other titles: Essentials of surgical oncology
Description: A "mini-textbook" that delivers practical, need-to-know information in surgical oncology in an economical and user-friendly format. Coverage progresses from key basic science knowledge, principles of oncology care and research, to general diagnostic and operative procedures for a variety of cancers. Each chapter begins with key poings, presents crucial facts in boxes, and offers abundant illustrations, photographs, and tables to clarify complex concepts.
Notes: includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Molecular biology: oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes / Kathleen M. Diehl and Kathleen M. Woods Ignatoski; title: Cellular biology: tumor growth and metastasis / Michael S. Sabel; title: Basic epidemiologic methods for cancer investigations / Dana E. Rollison and Michale S. Sabel; title: Principles of surgical therapy / Michael S. Sabel; title: Principles of chemotherapy / Elaina M. Gartner; title: Principles of radiation therapy / Michael E. Ray and Michael S. Sabel; title: Principles of immunotherapy / Michael S. Sabel and Alisha Arora; title: Noninvasive breast cancer / Erika A. Newman and Michael S. Sabel; title: Invasive breast cancer / Elizabeth A. Shaughnessy; title: Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer / Quan P. Ly and Vernon K. Sondak; title: Sarcomas of bone and soft tissues / Pamela J. Hodul and Vernon K. Sondak; title: Surgical thyroid and parathyroid disease / Sonia L. Sugg; title: Benign and malignant tumors of the adrenal gland / Derek T. Woodrum and Paul G. Gauger; title: Tumors of the endocrine pancreas / Candace Y. Williams-Covington and Gerard M. Doherty; title: Esophageal cancer /Jules Lin and Mark D. Iannettoni; title: Neoplasms of the stomach and small intestine / Vincent M. Cimmino and Michael S. Sabel; title: Tumors of the exocrine pancreas / Diane M. Simeone and Charles E. Binkley; title: Hepatobiliary cancer / Derek A. DuBay and Alfred E. Chang; title: Colorectal cancer / Susan Tsai and Emina H. Huang; title: Multimodal therapy for select gastrointestinal malignancies / Joseph Kim and Syed A. Ahmad; title: Head and neck cancer / Michael J. Wolfe and Keith Wilson; title: Leukemia and lymphoma / Scott D. Gitlin; title: Gynecologic cancers / Carolyn Johnston and William M. Burke; title: Urologic oncology / Alejandro Rodriguez and Julio M. Pow-Sang; title: Childhood cancers / Kathleen Graziano and James D. Geiger; title: Surgery for advanced cancer / Jeffrey J. Sussman; title: Surgical emergencies in the cancer patient / Jeffrey J. Sussman.