Clinical Progress in Renal Cancer

ISBN-13: 9781841846040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 216 str.

Timothy Eisen; Timothy Christmas

Opis

Renal cancer has long been regarded as a hopeless and inoperable disease, for which little can be done: this is now set to change with the advent of new medical and surgical therapies that offer the hope of making a real impact on patients' lives. This timely and concise text focuses on the ways in which progress can be made in the clinical treatment of renal cancer.

Spis treści

1. Epidemiology/aetiology  2. Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of renal cancer  3. Presentation, staging and radical nephrectomy  4. The pathological appearance of renal tumours  5. Prognostic factors for outcome in metastatic renal cell carcinoma  6. Imaging in renal cancer  7. Interventional radiology in renal cancer  8. Management of renal tumours extending to inferioir vena cava 9. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma  10. Surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the thorax  11 Surgery for renal cell cancer bone metastases  12. Adjuvant therapy in renal cancer  13. Current systemic medical therapies for metastatic disease  14. Novel systemic therapies for metastatic disease  15. Radiotherapy and supportive care

O autorze

Tim Eisen, Tim Christmas