A Practical Guide to Skin Cancer (eBook)

Allison Hanlon (Herausgeber)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
X, 276 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-74903-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm, and with the increasing regularity of such tumors comes the need for a practical guide for medical professionals to reference for diagnosis, management, and treatment. This book covers everything from the epidemiology of the skin cancer, clinical presentation with clinical photographs, diagrams of the most common anatomical locations, to histological descriptions, special stains/tests for diagnosis, and a treatment algorithm in chart form.  A Practical Guide to Skin Cancer offers brief and succinct chapters with pertinent references, as well as high quality color photographs, diagrams, tables, and charts. 

Written for dermatologists, dermatology residents, and oncologists, this book allows for the reader to quickly and easily obtain the information regarding a tumor's clinical presentation, patient evaluation and treatment algorithms, proving essential for every physician who encounters these tumors in their daily practice.

Allison Hanlon, M.D., Ph.D joined Nashville Skin and Cancer in July 2014.  Prior to joining, Dr. Hanlon was an assistant professor at Yale University where she focused on patient care, teaching, and research. Dr. Hanlon is knowledgeable in all aspects of Dermatology but her expertise is the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer.
As an educator, Dr. Hanlon has authored articles and book chapters in the academic dermatologic literature and lectures nationally on surgical techniques, skin cancer treatments and skin cancer in patients with compromised immune systems.Dr. Hanlon serves on the board of directors for the International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative.  She serves as a committee member on the American Academy of Dermatology, the Women's Dermatologic Society, and the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology.  She is an active member of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.
Due to her expertise in dermatology, Dr. Hanlon has been quoted in numerous publications including In Style, Parents, and Dermatologic Times.

Autor

Allison Hanlon, MD, PhD is a board certified Dermatologist and fellowship trained Mohs micrographic surgeon.  She is an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As an educator, Dr. Hanlon has authored articles and book chapters regarding dermatology and dermatologic procedures. She lectures internationally on surgical techniques, skin cancer treatments and skin cancer in patients with compromised immune systems.

Inhalt

Table of Contents A Practical Guide to Skin Cancer Ed. Allison Hanlon   Chapter 1. Skin Cancer: At Risk Populations and Prevention Claire Noell, MD, Saud Aleissa, MD, Bichchau Nguyen, MD   Chapter 2. Actinic Keratosis Allison Pye MD, Daniel Wallis, MD, Vineet Mishra, MD   Chapter 3. Basal Cell Carcinoma Shauna Higgins, MD, Maggie Chow, MD, PhD, Ashley Wysong, MD   Chapter 4. Squamous Cell Carcinoma Eileen Larkin Axibal, MD, Mariah Ruth Brown, MD   Chapter 5. Melanoma in situ Charles Darragh, MD, Anna Clayton, MD Chapter 6. Melanoma Jennifer Divine, MD Chapter 7. Merkel Cell Carcinoma Sheena Tsai, MPH, Jeremy S. Bordeaux, MD, MPH   Chapter 8. Cutaneous Lymphomas Trisha Bhat, BA, Jeffrey Zwerner, MD, PhD, Amy Musiek, MD   Chapter 9. Fibrohistiocytic Skin Cancers: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Atypical Fibroxanthoma, Undifferentiatied Pleomorphic Sarcoma Kavita Mariwalla, MD, Allison Hanlon, MD, PhD   Chapter 10. Adnexal Carcinoma: Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma and Sebaceous Carcinoma Paul R. Massey, MD, Anthony C. Soldano, MD and Matthew C. Fox, MD   Chapter 11. Extramammary Paget’s Disease Nathalie C. Zeitouni, MDCM, FRCPC, Anthony Cervantes, MD Chapter 12. Procedures for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer Sarah Yagerman, MD, Mary L. Stevenson, MD

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2018
• Zusatzinfo: X, 276 p. 91 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Schlagworte: carcinoma • Dermatology • melanoma • Oncology • skin cancer
• ISBN-10: 3-319-74903-X / 331974903X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-74903-7 / 9783319749037