Main description:

New to the Requisites in Surgery series, this is a volume dedicated to surgical oncology. This book contains most of the series content relating to the surgery of the endocrine system (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and endocrine pancreas) and surgery involving the breast, skin, and soft tissue as well as oncologic disorders of the head and neck. Adopting the style of the Requisites series, this edition identifies core material that has been heavily contributed from a few authors packed into a clear, consistent, and manageable format. Also, it engages the reader with distinctive designs, numerous tables and boxes, and valuable suggested readings in place of exhaustive bibliographies.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Molecular Biology

Chapter 2 Cellular Biology

Chapter 3 Cancer Epidemiology

Chapter 4 Principles of Surgical Therapy

Chapter 5 Principles of Chemotherapy

Chapter 6 Radiation Oncology

Chapter 7 Principles of Immunotherapy

Chapter 8 Noninvasive Breast Cancer

Chapter 9 Invasive Breast Cancer

Chapter 10 Melanoma & Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Chapter 11 Sarcoma

Chapter 12 Thyroid & Parathyroid

Chapter 13 Benign & Malignant Adrenal Gland Tumors

Chapter 14 Endocrine Pancreas

Chapter 15 Esophagus

Chapter 16 Stomach & Intestine

Chapter 17 Exocrine Pancreas

Chapter 18 Hepatobiliary

Chapter 19 Colorectal

Chapter 20 Multimodality

Chapter 21 Head & Neck

Chapter 22 Lymphoma & Leukemia

Chapter 23 Gynecologic Cancers

Chapter 24 Urologic

Chapter 25 Pediatric

Chapter 26 Surgery of Advanced Disease

Chapter 27 Surgical Emergencies