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Soft Tissue Tumors

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. D. Harms

    1. Institut für Paidopathologie, Klinikum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

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  2. D. Schmidt

    1. Institut für Pathologie, Mannheim, Germany

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology (CT PATHOLOGY, volume 89)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Incidence of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Adults

    • H. Hashimoto
    Pages 1-16

  3. Clinical Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    • J. Treuner, M. Morgan
    Pages 17-30

  4. Soft Tissue Sarcomas in the Kiel Pediatric Tumor Registry

    • D. Harms
    Pages 31-45

  5. Molecular Biological Aspects of Soft Tissue Tumors

    • T. J. Triche
    Pages 47-72

  6. Characteristic Chromosome Abnormalities and Karyotype Profiles in Soft Tissue Tumors

    • C. Turc-Carel, F. Pedeutour, E. Durieux
    Pages 73-94

  7. DNA Ploidy in Soft Tissue Tumors: An Evaluation of the Prognostic Implications in the Different Tumor Types*

    • W. Mellin, A. Niezabitowski, M. Brockmann, J. Ritter, P. Wuisman, V. Krieg
    Pages 95-121

  8. Heterogeneity in Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors

    • H. Kosmehl
    Pages 123-151

  9. Grading of Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Proposal for a Reproducible, Albeit Limited Scheme

    • P. Meister
    Pages 153-173

  10. Fibrous Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Childhood: Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, and Prognosis

    • D. Schmidt
    Pages 175-191

  11. Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A “Fibrohistiocytic” or Primitive, Fibroblastic Sarcoma

    • P. Meister
    Pages 193-214

  12. Recent Advances in Tumors of Adipose Tissue

    • P. W. Allen
    Pages 215-239

  13. Classification of Rhabdomyosarcoma

    • W. A. Newton Jr.
    Pages 241-259

  14. Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma: Histologic Variant of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma with Association to Favorable Prognosis

    • I. Leuschner
    Pages 261-272

  15. Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Prognostically Unfavorable Rhabdomyosarcoma Type and Its Necessary Distinction from Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

    • D. Harms
    Pages 273-296

  16. Malignant Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumor

    • D. Schmidt
    Pages 297-312

  17. Leiomyosarcoma

    • A. O. Cavazzana, V. Ninfo, R. Tirabosco, A. Montaldi, R. Frunzio
    Pages 313-332

  18. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumours

    • C. D. M. Fletcher
    Pages 333-354

  19. Rare Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    • C. D. M. Fletcher
    Pages 355-380

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 381-388
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About this book

Soft tissue tumors are a very heterogeneous group of tumors in terms of histogenesis, morphology, cytogenetics, molecular biology, clinical manifestation, and prognosis. Their spectrum is fascinating for morphologists and basic scientists alike. Yet precisely this variability in the morphologic manifestation of soft tissue tumors, specifically their histologic and cytologic patterns, presents great difficulties to any effort to categorize them. Although many soft tissue tumors are today defined not only by histology but also by immunohistochemical, cytogenetic, and molecular biological findings, the histogenesis of many soft tissue tumors, in particular malignant ones, continues to be unknown. This is associated with the fact that the actual precursor cells that lead to these tumors have frequently not yet been identified. For this reason, the customary classification of malignant soft tissue tumors is primarily not histogenetic, but actually according to the dominant phenotype, however characteristic it is. Of course, an exact morphologic examination of soft tissue tumors con­ tinues to be an essential prerequisite for making a diagnosis and determining a therapy. The use of a wide range of additional modern examination techniques, however, can make a substantial contribution toward more precisely defining the biological behavior of a tumor, which without doubt can have therapeutic implications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Paidopathologie, Klinikum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

    D. Harms

  • Institut für Pathologie, Mannheim, Germany

    D. Schmidt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soft Tissue Tumors

  • Editors: D. Harms, D. Schmidt

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Pathology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77289-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-77291-7Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-77289-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0070-2188

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 386

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pathology, Oncology

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