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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136528903321

Titolo

New trends in the treatment of sarcoma / / editors, Andrea S. Porpiglia, Jeffrey M. Farma ; consulting editor, Ronald F. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Elsevier, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-323-46338-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Collana

Surgical Clinics of North America, , 0039-6109 ; ; Volume 96, Number 5

Disciplina

616.994

Soggetti

Sarcoma - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Contributors; Forthcoming Issues; Foreword; Preface; Epidemiology and Etiology of Sarcomas; Key points; Introduction; Epidemiology; Etiology; Summary; Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology: Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications; Key points; Introduction; World Health Organization 2013 update; Pathologic grading of soft tissue sarcomas; Pathological staging of soft tissue sarcomas; Pathologic grading of bone tumors; Pathologic staging of bone tumors; Overview of the pathologic aspect of diagnosis, prognosis, and theranostics

Malignant soft tissue and bone tumorsSarcomas with low metastatic potential; Locally aggressive soft tissue tumors; Benign soft tissue and bone tumors; Giant cell tumors; Summary; Radiologic Approach to Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Key points; Imaging modalities; Evaluation of a newly suspected musculoskeletal tumor; Tumor staging, response to neoadjuvant therapy, and postoperative surveillance; Multimodality Management of Soft Tissue Tumors in the Extremity; Key points; Introduction; Clinical presentation and diagnosis; Imaging the primary tumor; Biopsy techniques

Staging and extent of disease work-upSurgical approach; Clinical outcomes; Multimodality treatment; Isolated limb perfusion; Follow-up; Summary; Retroperitoneal Sarcomas; Key points; Introduction; Surgery;



Radiation therapy; Chemotherapy; Recurrence; Surveillance; Summary; Management of Truncal Sarcoma; Key points; Introduction; Unique considerations for truncal sarcoma; Summary; Management of Desmoids; Key points; Introduction; Evaluation; Treatment; Surveillance; Summary; Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans; Key points; Introduction; Epidemiology and subtypes; Genetics; Risk factors

Diagnosis and evaluationPathologic evaluation; Treatment; Metastatic disease; Follow-up and surveillance; Summary; Management of Breast Sarcoma; Key points; Clinical presentation and initial evaluation; Multidisciplinary management; Surgical management; Radiation therapy; Chemotherapy; Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors; Summary; Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Key points; Introduction; Molecular pathologic characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Pathologic characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Management of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Management of recurrent or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumorSummary; Management of Bone Sarcoma; Key points; Introduction; Treatment modalities; Reconstructive considerations; Summary; Pediatric Sarcomas; Key points; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas; Bone sarcomas; Summary; The Role for Radiation Therapy in the Management of Sarcoma; Key points; Introduction; Amputation versus limb-sparing surgery with adjuvant radiation; Limb-sparing surgery with or without adjuvant radiation; Preoperative versus postoperative radiotherapy

Image guidance and intensity-modulated radiotherapy