Surgical oncology : theory and multidisciplinary practice /
edited by Graeme Poston, Lynda Wyld, and Riccardo A. Audisio.
- Second edition.
- xxii, 659 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cancer epidemiology -- Genetics and hereditary cancer syndromes, genetic polymorphisms and cancer -- Clinical trial design in surgical oncology -- A critical overview of screening for cancer -- Principles of radiation therapy for surgeons -- Intraoperative radiotherapy -- Principles of systemic therapy for surgeons -- Quality assurance in surgical oncology -- Palliative care in surgical oncology -- Communication and psychological needs of the cancer surgery patient -- Nutrition in cancer and cancer surgery -- Image-guided surgery -- The role of interventional radiology in the management of cancer patients -- Minimal access and robotic surgery -- Surgery for older cancer patients -- Cancer of unknown primary -- Oral cancer -- Salivary gland tumors -- Paranasal sinus cancers -- Skull base tumours -- Cancer of larynx and hypopharynx -- Breast cancer -- Lung and pleura -- Esophageal cancer -- Gastric cancer -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor -- Small bowel and appendiceal tumors -- Cancer of the colon and rectum -- Anal cancer -- Peritoneal surface malignancy -- Pancreatic and ampullary cancer -- Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Carcinoma of the biliary tree and gallbladder -- Liver metastases -- Renal cell carcinoma -- Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and upper tract -- Prostate cancer -- Testicular tumours -- Gynaecological oncology -- Skin cancer: Squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma -- Skin: Melanoma -- Thyroid cancer -- Adrenal tumours -- Parathyroid cancer -- Neuroendocrine tumours of the gastrointestinal tract -- Bone sarcoma -- Extremity soft tissue sarcoma -- Retroperitoneal sarcoma -- Neurosurgical oncology: Neoplasms of the brain and meninges.