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Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology

Basic Principles and Diagnostic Techniques

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Editors:
  1. Arun D. Singh

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

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  2. Bertil Damato

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

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  • Practical guidance on the diagnosis and management of the complete range of ocular cancers

  • Numerous full-color photographs and illustrations that will facilitate diagnosis Detailed coverage of all management options

  • Written by internationally renowned experts?

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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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
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About this book

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.​

Reviews

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology

  • Book Subtitle: Basic Principles and Diagnostic Techniques

  • Editors: Arun D. Singh, Bertil Damato

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40489-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40488-7Published: 17 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51338-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40489-4Published: 26 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 235

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Saunders, Philadelphia, 2007

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Oncology

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