Textbook of Melanoma: Pathology, Diagnosis and Management

ISBN-13: 9781901865653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 708 str.

John F. Thompson; Donald L. Morton; Bin B. R. Kroon

Opis

This major new text presents the latest information on the causes, diagnosis and treatment of this increasingly common type of cancer. Fully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and commissioned graphics, this volume provides an important reference work for clinical oncologists, dermatologists and surgeons with an interest in skin cancer.

Spis treści

History. Basic Biology of the Pigment Cell System and Causation of Melanoma. Epidemiology, Prevention and Screening. Histopathology and Classification. Staging and Prognosis. Diagnosis of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma and Initial Investigations. Management of the Primary Cutaneous Melanoma Site. Management of Regional Lymph Nodes. Special Situations. Locally and Locoregionally Recurrent Melanoma. Metastatic Disease at distant sites: Diagnosis and Local Management. Metastatoc melanoma at distant sites: Systemic Therapy. Primary Melanomas in Non-Cutaneous Sites. Guidelines.

O autorze

John F. Thompson , Donald L Morton, Bin BR Kroon