Melanoma

Jonathan S. Zager, Ragini Kudchadkar, Vernon K. Sondak (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-997101-5 (ISBN)

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Melanoma is a concise handbook that identifies best-practice guidelines and presents the most current procedures for the diagnosis and management of melanoma in a succinct and easy-to-read manner. This handbook is a must-have tool for clinicians directly involved in the care of patients with melanoma, including surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.

Melanoma is a concise handbook that identifies best-practice guidelines and presents the most current procedures for the diagnosis and management of melanoma in a succinct and easy-to-read manner. Chapters cover melanoma pathology, biopsy techniques, staging and risk stratification, surgical treatment of localized melanoma, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, and guidelines for resected melanoma, targeted therapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and management of brain metastases, mucosal and ocular melanoma, and pediatric melanoma patients. This handbook is a must-have tool for clinicians directly involved in the care of patients with melanoma, including surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.

Jonathan S. Zager is the Chair of Graduate Education and Director of Regional Therapies in the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and a Professor of Surgery and Oncologic Sciences at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida; Ragini Kudchadkar is Assistant Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; Vernon K. Sondak is Chair of the Department of Cutaneous Oncology and Director of Surgical Education at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida

1. Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Clinical Presentation of Melanoma ; 2. Melanoma Pathology ; 3. Biopsy Techniques for Melanoma ; 4. Melanoma Staging and Risk Stratification ; 5. Surgical Treatment of Melanoma ; 6. Immunotherapy in Melanoma ; 7. Adjuvant therapy for High Risk Melanoma: Radiation Therapy ; 8. Follow-up Guidelines for Resected Melanoma ; 9. Metastatic Melanoma: Targeted Therapy ; 10. The Role of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy in Melanoma ; 11. Management of Melanoma Brain Metastases ; 12. Management of Mucosal and Ocular Melanoma ; 13. Special Considerations in Management of Pediatric Melanoma Patients

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	201 x 127 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
ISBN-10	0-19-997101-3 / 0199971013
ISBN-13	978-0-19-997101-5 / 9780199971015
Zustand	Neuware