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Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach presents a comprehensive and up to date overview on skin cancer. With an emphasis on practical aspects that will set the basis for guidelines of treatment, the volume presents different diagnostic tools to help physicians obtain the proper diagnosis.
Written by a worldwide base of experts selected on their recognized expertise on the different themes discussed, Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach is a valuable resource for investigators in the field of skin cancer, including pathologists, medical and surgical oncologists, dermatologists, general surgeons, and veterinary oncologists
Sommario
Embryology and Anatomy of the Skin.- Epidemiology And Prevention Of Cutaneous Tumors.- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: focus on biochemical and molecular characteristics.- Molecular Pathology Of Melanocytic Skin Cancer.- Basal Cell Carcinoma: molecular and pathological features.- Skin Adnexal tumors: a large spectrum of clinic-pathological lesions.- Pathology of Melanocytic Skin Tumors.- Pathology Of Other Skin Cancer.- Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas.- Comparative Oncology of Skin Cancer.- Clinical-pathological integration in the diagnosis of skin cancer.- Cytology.- Dermoscopy.- Introduction to Ultrasonography in Skin Cancer.- Use of 22 MHz High Frequency Ultrasound in the management of skin cancer.- Optical Coherence Tomography.- Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Skin Cancer.- Multiphoton Laser Microscopy with Fluorescence Lifetime Imagin.- Cryosurgery.- Immunological aspects of cryosurgery.- Photodynamic Therapy.- Lasers for Skin Cancer.- Radiation therapy in Dermatology.- Electrochemotherapy in dermatological oncology.- Systemic Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas.- Systemic therapy in melanoma.- Systemic Therapy for Rare Tumours of the Skin and Soft Tissue Tumour.- Sentinel Lymph Node.- Sunlight-Induced Skin Cancer In Companion Animals.- Telemedicine and skin cancer: Teledermatology and Teledermoscopy.- Automated Content-Based Image Retrieval: Application On Dermoscopic Images Of Pigmented Skin Lesions.- Gene Expression Profiling in Melanoma.
Info autore
Alfonso Baldi, MD
Second University of Naples, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Naples, Italy
Paola Pasquali, MD
Pius Hospital De Valls, Department of Dermatology, Valls, Tarragona, Spain
Enrico P. Spugnini, DVM, PhD
Regina Elena Cancer Institute, S.A.F.U. Department, Rome, Italy
Riassunto
Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach presents a comprehensive and up to date overview on skin cancer. With an emphasis on practical aspects that will set the basis for guidelines of treatment, the volume presents different diagnostic tools to help physicians obtain the proper diagnosis.
Written by a worldwide base of experts selected on their recognized expertise on the different themes discussed, Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach is a valuable resource for investigators in the field of skin cancer, including pathologists, medical and surgical oncologists, dermatologists, general surgeons, and veterinary oncologists
Testo aggiuntivo
From the reviews:
“This is a practical guide to the proper diagnosis and effective medical and surgical treatment of skin cancers. … This can serve as a valuable resource for a variety of clinicians in the field of skin cancer … . This book addresses most commonly encountered questions in the field of skin cancer. … it is more concise, easy to read, and can be used as a handbook for quick reference.” (Maura O’Neil, Doody’s Book Reviews, December, 2013)
Relazione
From the reviews:
"This is a practical guide to the proper diagnosis and effective medical and surgical treatment of skin cancers. ... This can serve as a valuable resource for a variety of clinicians in the field of skin cancer ... . This book addresses most commonly encountered questions in the field of skin cancer. ... it is more concise, easy to read, and can be used as a handbook for quick reference." (Maura O'Neil, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2013)
