Advanced Therapy In Surgical Oncology

Author : Raphael E. Pollock
Publisher : PMPH-USA
ISBN 13 : 9781550091267
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Therapy in Surgical Oncology written by Raphael E. Pollock and published by PMPH-USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by outstanding leaders in the field of surgical oncology, this book offers expert advice on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and reconstruction by recognised authorities. The work features the personal treatment protocols of the top surgeons specialising in surgical oncology. Conditions covered include benign and malignant tumors, pediatric and adult problems, routine and advanced or challenging presentations.

Author : Raphael E. Pollock
Publisher : B.C. Decker
ISBN 13 : 9781607952473
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Therapy in Surgical Oncology written by Raphael E. Pollock and published by B.C. Decker. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by outstanding leaders in the field of surgical oncology, this book offers expert advice on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and reconstruction by recognized authorities. The work features the personal treatment protocols of the top surgeons specializing in surgical oncology. Conditions covered include benign and malignant tumors, pediatric and adult problems, routine and advanced or challenging presentations.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309381290
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appropriate Use of Advanced Technologies for Radiation Therapy and Surgery in Oncology written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-04-16 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, including more precise radiation therapy and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Three-dimensional (3D), stereotactic, and proton-beam radiation therapy, as well as laparoscopy and robotic surgery, can enhance clinician's ability to treat conditions that were clinically challenging with conventional technologies, and may improve clinical outcomes or reduce treatment-related problems for some patients. Both patients and physicians seek access to these new technologies, which are rapidly being adopted into standard clinical practice. Such demand is often propelled by marketing that portrays the new technologies as the "latest and greatest" treatments available. However, evidence is often lacking to support these claims, and these novel technologies usually come with higher price tags and are often used to treat patients who might have achieved similar benefits from less expensive, conventional treatment. The increased cost of novel treatments without adequate assessment of how they affect patient outcomes is a pressing concern given that inappropriate use of expensive technologies is one of the key factors that threaten the affordability of cancer care in the United States. To explore these issues further, the National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) of the Institute of Medicine organized a workshop in July 2015. This is the third NCPF workshop in a series examining the affordability of cancer care. Participants explored clinical benefits and comparative effectiveness of emerging advanced technologies for cancer treatment in radiation therapy and surgery and potential strategies to assess the value and promote optimal use of new technologies in cancer treatment. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : Quyen D. Chu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493914235
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surgical Oncology written by Quyen D. Chu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive perspective on surgical oncologic diseases that are relevant to those who have an interest in surgical oncology. Its purpose is to distill a voluminous amount of information to readers so they will have the opportunity to apply relevant information and knowledge to their particular needs. Each chapter is written by experts in their field who provide concise and in-depth information on their topic and supply references to key articles. Illustrations, diagrams and photographs are included to assist the visual learners. Each chapter begins with bulleted key points to focus the readers on the material that will be covered and concludes with an appendix that summarizes the salient points. This unique set-up can be used as a tool to quickly review the topic at hand. The text also includes a set of short questions and answers at the end of each chapter to reinforce the salient points. Surgical Oncology: A Practical and Comprehensive Approach is a valuable resource for Medical students, surgical oncology fellows, general surgeons and educators.

Author : Raphael E. Pollock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461561655
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surgical Oncology written by Raphael E. Pollock and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the standard oncology modalities, surgical oncology is singular in that it lacks a separate board certification or even an added qualification mecha nism. 'Card-carrying' surgical oncologists are certified by the American Board of Surgery, as are all other general surgeons. What distinguishes the surgical oncologist is a set of cognitive skills rather than a specific armamentarium of surgical techniques. This different conceptual framework is derived from ex tensive additional training that leads to an in-depth understanding of the natural history and biologic behavior of the various solid tumor systems. Equipped with this perspective, the surgical oncologist is particularly well positioned to integrate the various available therapeutic modalities into a coherent care program for the solid tumor patient. As a central theme, the chapters of this book demonstrate that increasingly sophisticated diagnostic and staging approaches are helping to move chemo therapy and radiotherapy into the preoperative neoadjuvant setting. This fundamental alteration is based on the awareness that even early-stage solid tumor disease is frequently systemic at the time of presentation, at least on a subclinical level. And although the primary tumor may be controllable by surgery with radiotherapy, the uncontrolled (and initially clinically unappar ent) distant disease ultimately determines patient survival. The other perspec tive driving the neoadjuvant approach is an emerging awareness that for most solid tumor systems, neoadjuvant treatment responses can facilitate less muti lating surgery with comparable levels of local disease control.

Author : Charlotte Jacobs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cancers of the Head and Neck written by Charlotte Jacobs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1987 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancers of the head and neck are among the most morbid of cancers. Convention al surgery and/or radiation therapy have a high cure rate for patients with early stage disease. However, despite optimal treatment with surgery and radiotherapy, patients with nodal spread or extensive local disease have a low cure rate. Even if a cancer is cured, a patient is often left with long-term debilities from the treatment and/or cancer. The major causes for decreased survival in patients with advanced head and neck cancer include local recurrence, distant metastases, and second primaries. All of these need to be addressed if one is to improve upon the curability of advanced disease. There are several new techniques, surgical and radiotherapeutic, designed to improve local control. Brachytherapy, or interstitial implantation, delivers a high dose of localized radiation with minimal normal tissue injury. This technique as discussed by Goffinet, may be even more efficacious when combined with hyperthermia. New, creative methods of radiation therapy delivery, such as the use of multiple fractions per day, as discussed by Parsons and Million, are also contributing to long-term local control. Laser therapy, discussed by Ossoff and Nemeroff, provides another tool for treatment of local disease.

Author : Antonio Bolognese
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 8847010853
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors written by Antonio Bolognese and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-27 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surgery continues to be the most effective treatment of solid tumors in terms of recovery, while its combination with other treatments improves the survival curves especially in the advanced forms of the disease. The aim of my task first of all has been to provide readers with both the current and constantly evolving pathophysiologic knowledge required for building the foundation of a specific education enabling surgeons to meet the fundamental targets in surgical oncology. Secondly, this volume aims to present an update on the real possibilities offered by the cooperation between surgeon and pathologist and by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and gene therapy in the treatment of tumors in the light of the most recent scientific achievements. Lastly, the report presents the experiences and cases drawn mostly from our School regarding some of the major issues in oncologic surgery. This overview does not pretend to elucidate or to summarize all aspects of oncologic surgery, but rather to be the result of a general consideration on cancer surgery, on its rational bases, on its interaction with other treatment modalities, on its desirable and expected developments and on its probable future evolution.

Author : John M. Kane III
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 1455744417
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sarcomas, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics - E-Book written by John M. Kane III and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by John M. Kane III, MD, is devoted to Sarcomas. Articles in this issue include: Prognostic Factors and Staging for Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Margin Status and Local Recurrence: Correlation or Causation?; Systemic Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant and Clinical Metastatic Setting; Pulmonary Metastasectomy; Regional Therapy for Advanced Extremity Sarcomas; Current Approaches to Retroperitoneal Sarcomas; Updates on the Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST); Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Immunologic Implications; Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well Differentiated Liposarcoma: What is it?; Modern Surgical Therapy: Limb Salvage and the Role of Amputation; Adjuvant Radiation Therapy: and Preoperative, Postoperative, or Not at All.

Author : Bridget N. Fahy
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323790623
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palliative Care in Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, E-Book written by Bridget N. Fahy and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Bridget N. Fahy, is devoted to Palliative Care in Surgical Oncology. Dr. Fahy has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Current guidelines for integration of palliative care in oncology; Management of malignant bowel obstruction; Management of peritoneal carcinomatosis & malignant ascites; Artificial nutrition in patients with advanced malignancy; Selecting patients for palliative procedures in oncology; Palliative radiotherapy: Indications and outcomes; Ethical considerations for caring for patients with advanced cancer; Evaluation and management of malignant biliary obstruction; Systemic anti-cancer treatments for advanced cancer patients: What a surgical oncologist needs to know; Role of palliative medicine training in surgical oncology; Navigating difficult conversations: Breaking bad news and exploring goals of care in surgical patients; Strategies for optimizing perioperative pain management for the cancer patient; and more!

Author : Howard Silberman
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 0781765463
Total Pages : 1127 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology written by Howard Silberman and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 1127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology uniquely emphasizes a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to the treatment of solid tumors. It presents treatment strategies that combine surgery with preoperative or postoperative adjunctive chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or radiation therapy to achieve optimal outcome. The book features contributions from surgeons, basic scientists, pathologists, radiologists, radiation therapists, and medical oncologists and offers a comprehensive presentation of genetics, molecular biology, pathogenesis, and multimodal therapeutic approaches. A unique feature of the book is a commentary following each chapter, which describes alternative approaches and discusses controversial areas of current therapy. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text with images.