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Surgical Oncology

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Raphael E Pollock

    1. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 90)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Prospective randomized trials in melanoma: Defining contemporary surgical roles

    • Merrick I. Ross
    Pages 1-27

  3. Advances in rectal cancer treatment

    • John M. Skibber
    Pages 29-49

  4. Molecular and surgical advances in pediatric tumors

    • Cynthia A. Corpron, Richard J. Andrassy
    Pages 51-69

  5. Advances in reconstruction for cancer patients

    • Mark A. Schusterman, Geoffrey L. Robb, Helen E. Tadjalli
    Pages 71-89

  6. New developments in soft tissue sarcoma

    • Peter W. T. Pisters, Barry W. Feig, Denis H. Y. Leung, Murray F. Brennan
    Pages 91-107

  7. Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

    • Douglas B. Evans, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W. T. Pisters, Chusilp Charnsangavej, Lee M. Ellis, Paul J. Chiao et al.
    Pages 109-125

  8. Recent advances in bone sarcomas

    • Alan W. Yasko, Mark E. Johnson
    Pages 127-147

  9. Thyroid carcinoma

    • Ann M. Gillenwater, Randal S. Weber
    Pages 149-169

  10. Changing trends in the diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer

    • Kelly K. Hunt, Merrick I. Ross
    Pages 171-201

  11. Classification, staging, and management of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas

    • Paul F. Mansfield, Kelly K. Hunt
    Pages 203-211

  12. Multiple endocrine neoplasia

    • Julie A. Miller, Jeffrey A. Norton
    Pages 213-225

  13. Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors

    • Jeffrey E. Lee, Douglas B. Evans
    Pages 227-238

  14. Contemporary Approaches to Gastric Carcinoma

    • Blake Cady
    Pages 239-252

  15. New strategies in locally advanced breast cancer

    • S. Eva Singletary, Kapil Dhingra, Di-Hua Yu
    Pages 253-271

  16. Biliary tract cancer

    • Steven A. Curley
    Pages 273-307

  17. Minimally invasive surgery in surgical oncology

    • Jeffrey W. Milsom, Pierenrico Marchesa, Andrea Vignali
    Pages 309-329

  18. Prognostic factors in surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Barry J. Roseman, Mark S. Roh
    Pages 331-345

  19. Colon cancer

    • David M. Ota
    Pages 347-356

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 357-371
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About this book

Among the standard oncology modalities, surgical oncology is singular in that it lacks a separate board certification or even an added qualification mecha­ nism. 'Card-carrying' surgical oncologists are certified by the American Board of Surgery, as are all other general surgeons. What distinguishes the surgical oncologist is a set of cognitive skills rather than a specific armamentarium of surgical techniques. This different conceptual framework is derived from ex­ tensive additional training that leads to an in-depth understanding of the natural history and biologic behavior of the various solid tumor systems. Equipped with this perspective, the surgical oncologist is particularly well positioned to integrate the various available therapeutic modalities into a coherent care program for the solid tumor patient. As a central theme, the chapters of this book demonstrate that increasingly sophisticated diagnostic and staging approaches are helping to move chemo­ therapy and radiotherapy into the preoperative neoadjuvant setting. This fundamental alteration is based on the awareness that even early-stage solid tumor disease is frequently systemic at the time of presentation, at least on a subclinical level. And although the primary tumor may be controllable by surgery with radiotherapy, the uncontrolled (and initially clinically unappar­ ent) distant disease ultimately determines patient survival. The other perspec­ tive driving the neoadjuvant approach is an emerging awareness that for most solid tumor systems, neoadjuvant treatment responses can facilitate less muti­ lating surgery with comparable levels of local disease control.

Editors and Affiliations

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, USA

    Raphael E Pollock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Oncology

  • Editors: Raphael E Pollock

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6165-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9900-1Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7826-6Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6165-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 371

  • Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Surgery

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