Description:
SURGICAL
ONCOLOGY: AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH FOR THE GENERAL SURGEON presents the
full spectrum of current cancer treatment options available to the
practicing general surgery or trainee. Through the pairing of 4-color
algorithms and concise, clinically-oriented text, the reader can
quickly visualize and understand the decision-making process. Separate
algorithmic branches highlight surgical treatment, adjuvant therapies
such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as combined
modality treatment. Over 90 chapters address organ systems from head to
toe and tackle special topics, including oncologic emergencies
(compromised airway, mental status changes, spinal cord compression)
diagnostic and therapeutic challenges (occult axillary metastases, the
jaundiced cancer patient, ascites), and surgical adjuncts (management
of pain in the cancer patient, nutritional support, genetic counseling,
when to withdraw therapy). Two appendices will prove invaluable to the
busy general surgeon--reviewing both the most commonly used
chemotherapeutic agents and the principles of radiation oncology. More
than 200 illustrations augment the textbook. SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: AN
ALGORITHMIC APPROACH FOR THE GENERAL SURGEON is intended to be a
useful, user-friendly reference for every general surgeon, surgical
resident, surgical oncology fellow, and surgical oncologist. The book
will also provide the medical oncologist with a up-to-date review of
surgical procedures and the role of surgery in combined multimodality
treatment.
Written for:
General surgeons, surgical residents
Table of contents:
Section I: Head and Neck;
Section II: Endocrine; Section III: Cancer of the Lung; Section IV:
Breast Cancer; Section V: Cutaneous Malignancies; Section VI:
Gastrointestinal Malignancies; Section VII: Sarcomas; Section VIII:
Bone Cancers; Section IX: Genitourinary Cancers; Section X: Gynecologic
Cancers; Section XI: Pediatric Tumors; Section XII: Hematologic
Malginancies; Section XIII: Oncologic Emergencies; Section XIV:
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges; Section XV: Surgical Adjuncts;
Appendix-- Commonly Used Chemotherapeutic Agents.
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