Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology

1. Front Matter

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2. Principles of Clinical Epidemiology

   • Annette C. Moll, Michiel R. de Boer, Lex M. Bouter, Nakul Singh

   Pages 1-11

3. Etiology of Cancer

   • Brian T. Hill

   Pages 13-19

4. Cancer Pathology

   • Katarina Bartuma, Charlotta All-Ericsson, Stefan Seregard

   Pages 21-34

5. Cancer Angiogenesis

   • Werner Wackernagel, Bela Anand-Apte, Arun D. Singh

   Pages 35-54

6. Immunology of Ocular Tumors

   • Martine J. Jager, Inge H. G. Bronkhorst

   Pages 55-62

7. Cancer Genetics

   • J. William Harbour, Daniel L. Chao

   Pages 63-68

8. Cancer Staging

   • Paul T. Finger

   Pages 69-75

9. Principles of Cryotherapy

   • Dan S. Gombos

   Pages 77-82

10. Principles of Laser Therapy

    • Stefan Sacu, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

    Pages 83-88

11. Principles of Radiation Therapy

    • Abigail L. Stockham, Ehsan H. Balagamwala, Roger Macklis, Allan Wilkinson, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 89-98

12. Ocular Complications of Radiotherapy

    • Mitchell Kamrava, James Lamb, Tara A. McCannel

    Pages 99-111

13. Principles and Complications of Chemotherapy

    • Michael G. Levien, Nicola G. Ghazi, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 113-122

14. Targeted Therapy and Their Ocular Complications

    • Denis Jusufbegovic, Pierre L. Triozzi, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 123-132

15. Counseling Patients with Cancer

    • Laura Hope-Stone, Bertil Damato

    Pages 133-140

16. Cataract Associated with Intraocular Tumors

    • Carlos A. Medina, Mary E. Aronow, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 141-149

17. Tumor-Associated Glaucoma

    • Reena S. Vaswani, Kathryn Bollinger, Annapurna Singh, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 151-159

18. Graft-Versus-Host Disease

    • Edgar M. Espana, Sejal Shah, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 161-171

19. Uveal Tumors: Diagnostic Techniques: Angiography

    • Kaan Gunduz, Jessica A. Adefusika, Thomas P. Link, Jose S. Pulido

    Pages 173-192

20. Diagnostic Techniques: Optical Coherence Tomography

    • Rubens Belfort, Andre Romano, Eduardo Rodrigues, Arun D. Singh

    Pages 193-204

Written by internationally renowned experts, Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology provides practical guidance and advice on the diagnosis and management of the complete range of ocular cancers. The book supplies all of the state-of-the-art knowledge required in order to identify these cancers early and to treat them as effectively as possible. Using the information provided, readers will be able to provide effective patient care using the latest knowledge on all aspects of ophthalmic oncology, to verify diagnostic conclusions based on comparison with numerous full-color clinical photographs, and to locate required information quickly owing to the clinically focused and user-friendly format. This volume provides essential information on cancer epidemiology, etiology, pathology, angiogenesis, immunology, genetics, and staging systems and explains the principles underlying different therapeutic approaches.​

• Cancer staging
• Complications
• Immunology
• Targeted therapy
• Tumor associated diseases

“This book reviews the basic principles and diagnostic techniques of ophthalmic oncology in its second edition. … Each chapter has the same clear format with a large number of clinical and histological images as well as sketches of very high quality. This book is a must-read for anyone who is seeking insight into the field of ocular oncology. It provides the ophthalmologist, radiation oncologist, and oncologist with the necessary background information to gain further insight into ocular oncology … .” (Antonia M. Joussen, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 254, 2016)

• Dept. of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA

  Arun D. Singh

• Ocular Oncology Service, Dept. of Ophthalmol., University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  Bertil Damato

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