Soft Tissue Sarcomas: New Developments in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment

1. Front Matter

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2. Pathology of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

   • Jose Costa, L. Guillou

   Pages 1-9

3. Diagnostic Imaging

   • Holger Pettersson, Kristian Herrlin

   Pages 11-29

4. Staging Soft Tissue Sarcomas

   • William O. Russell

   Pages 31-35

5. Principles of Surgical Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

   • Henry J. Mankin, Dempsey S. Springfield, Mark C. Gebhardt

   Pages 37-52

6. Psychological Outcomes in Survivors of Extremity Sarcomas Following Amputation or Limb-Sparing Surgery

   • William W. Weddington

   Pages 53-60

7. Radiation Therapy of Sarcomas of the Soft Tissues

   • Herman D. Suit, Christopher G. Willett

   Pages 61-74

8. Systemic Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas

   • Jaap Verweij, Herbert M. Pinedo

   Pages 75-91

9. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas

   • Wilson C. Mertens, Vivien H. C. Bramwell

   Pages 93-103

10. Pre- and Perioperative Perfusion Chemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Limbs

    • Michael Meyer, James H. Muchmore, Edward T. Krementz

    Pages 105-126

11. Thermochemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    • F. Di Filippo, C. Botti, D. Giannarelli, F. Graziano, S. Carlini, F. Cavaliere et al.

    Pages 127-147

12. Soft Tissue Sarcomas of Children

    • Charles B. Pratt, Larry E. Kun

    Pages 149-165

13. Back Matter

    Pages 167-173

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Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative, but seldom comprehensive; these are more often preliminary reports on a very limited number of patients. Certain general journals frequently publish good in-depth reviews of cancer topics, and published symposium lectures are often the best overviews available. Unfor­ tunately, these reviews and supplements appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure when a topic of special interest will be covered. Cancer Treatment and Research is a series of authoritative volumes that aim to meet this need. It is an attempt to establish a critical mass of oncology literature covering virtually all oncology topics, which is revised frequently to keep the coverage up to date, and which is easily available on a single library shelf or by a single personal subscription. We have approached the problem in the following fashion: first, by dividing the oncology literature into specific subdivisions, such as lung can­ cer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric oncology, etc.; and second, by asking eminent authorities in each of these areas to edit a volume on the specific topic on an annual or biannual basis. Each topic and tumor type is covered in a volume appearing frequently and predictably, discussing current diag­ nosis, staging, markers, all forms of treatment modalities, basic biology, and more.

• Staging
• cancer
• cancer treatment
• imaging
• oncology
• pathology
• surgery
• tumor
• surgical oncology

'I believe that this book will be of considerable interest to all practising oncologist be they surgeons, physicians or radiotherapists and would be a useful addition to their personal library.' Australian Cancer Society 16:2 1991

• Department of Medical Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Herbert M. Pinedo

• Department of Medical Oncology, Rotterdam Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  Jaap Verweij

• Department of Radiation Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Herman D. Suit

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