Non-Surgical Treatment of Keratinocyte Skin Cancer

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. From Precursor to Cancer: Field Cancerization and the Opportunities for Therapy

   • Gillian M. Murphy

   Pages 1-7

3. When Is a Skin Cancer a Cancer: The Histopathologist’s View

   • Dirk M. Elston

   Pages 9-14

4. Epidemiology of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

   • Annette Østergaard Jensen, Anna Lei Lamberg, Anne Braae Olesen

   Pages 15-24

5. Genetics of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers and Associated Familial Syndromes

   • Khanh P. Thieu, Hensin Tsao

   Pages 25-38

6. Environmental Risk Factors for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers

   • Vishal Madan

   Pages 39-50

7. Accuracy in the Diagnosis of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

   • Mette Mogensen, Gregor B. E. Jemec

   Pages 51-72

8. Cure Rates Following Surgical Therapy — The Golden Standard

   • Roland Kaufmann, Markus Meissner

   Pages 73-80

9. Pharmacological Therapy: An Introduction

   • Donald J. Miech

   Pages 81-82

10. Systemic Chemotherapy of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

    • Robert Gniadecki

    Pages 83-90

11. Intralesional Agents to Manage Cutaneous Malignancy

    • Whitney A. High

    Pages 91-96

12. Topical Chemotherapy

    • Donald J. Miech

    Pages 97-101

13. Immunotherapy: An Introduction

    • Lajos Kemény

    Pages 103-105

14. Intralesional Interferon in the Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma

    • Stanislaw Buechner

    Pages 107-111

15. Interleukin-2 for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

    • Arpad Farkas

    Pages 113-122

16. Topical Imiquimod

    • Lajos Kemény

    Pages 123-132

17. Photodynamic Therapy

    • Gregor B. E. Jemec

    Pages 133-135

18. Critical Evidence-Based Review of Current Experience and Possible Future Developments of Topical PDT

    • Olle Larkö, Ann-Marie Wennberg

    Pages 137-142

19. Electrochemotherapy in Treatment of Cutaneous Tumors

    • Gregor Sersa

    Pages 143-150

20. Radiotherapy: At a Glance

    • Renato Panizzon

    Pages 151-158

Books mark the progress of Man since they were invented. Through them we are able to gain insight into the minds of our predecessors better than through any other medium. They describe how the delicate interplay between practice and ideal, which is better known as evolution, has brought forward the societies in which we now live. A book marks the synthesis of knowledge in a different way from individual papers. A certain maturity and volume of understanding and knowledge is necessary before the material is suitable for a book. The timing of the cognitive and analytical synt- sis represented by a book is therefore crucial; too soon and it is lost in speculation, too late and it is old news. Non-melanoma skin cancer is common; it causes morbidity, it causes a burden on society, and treatment has been traditionally almost exclusively surgical. Decades of medical science have however now brought forward a number of techniques which may help both the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer without physically removing it, either alone or in combination in treatment programs tailored to the individual patients.

• chemotherapy
• field cancerization
• non-melanoma
• oncology
• skin therapy
• surgery

From the reviews: “The different treatment modalities available and the strategies for using a particular one for nonmelanoma skin cancers are covered in this book. … The audience is dermatologists. … This book provides a solid overview of the treatments that can be used in eliminating nonmelanoma skin cancers. The advantages and disadvantages of therapies are discussed. In the ever-changing field of skin cancer management, this is a handy reference for finding current information on the subject.” (Patricia Wong, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2009)

• Dept. of Dermatology, University of Copenhagen, Roskilde Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark

  Gregor B. E. Jemec

• Dept. Dermatology & Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

  Lajos Kemeny

• Dept. Dermatology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, USA

  Donald Miech

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