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UNINA9910841879403321 |
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Titolo |
Clinical endocrine oncology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ian D. Hay, John A.H. Wass ; foreword by Anthony P. Weetman |
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Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-01315-7 |
9786612013157 |
1-4443-0022-9 |
1-4443-0023-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (680 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Endocrine glands - Tumors |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options; 1 Structure and Development of the Endocrine System; 2 Epidemiology of Endocrine Tumors; 3 Inherited Cancers, Genes, and Chromosomes; 4 Hormones, Growth Factors, and Tumor Growth; 5 Genetic Counseling and Clinical Cancer Genetics; 6 Prospects for Gene Therapy for Endocrine Malignancies; 7 Tumor Targeting; 8 Techniques in Radiation Medicine; 9 Interventional Radiology; 10 Surgical Management of Endocrine Tumors; 11 Endocrine Tumor Markers; 12 General Management of Cancer Patients |
2 Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors13 Assessment of Thyroid Neoplasia; 14 Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging; 15 Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer; 16 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma; 17 Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma; 18 Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma; 19 Thyroid Lymphoma; 20 Radiation-induced Thyroid Tumors; 21 Parathyroid Adenomas and Hyperplasia; 22 Parathyroid Carcinoma; 3 Pituitary and Hypothalamic Lesions; 23 Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas; 24 Functional Assessment of the Pituitary; 25 Imaging of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus; 26 Pathology of Tumors of the Pituitary |
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27 Surgery for Pituitary Tumors 28 Pituitary Radiotherapy; 29 Prolactinomas; 30 Acromegaly; 31 Cushing's Disease; 32 Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas andGonadotropinomas; 33 Thyrotropinomas; 34 Pituitary Carcinoma; 35 Pituitary Incidentalomas; 36 Craniopharyngioma; 37 Benign Cysts: Rathke's Cleft Cysts,Mucoceles, Arachnoid Cysts, and Dermoid and Epidermoid Cysts; 38 Hypothalamic Hamartomas and Gangliocytomas; 39 Cranial Ependymoma; 40 Perisellar Tumors including Chordoma,Optic Nerve Glioma, Meningioma,Hemangiopericytoma, and Glomus Tumors |
41 Pineal Tumors: Germinomas andNon-germinomatous Germ Cell Tumors 42 Cavernous Sinus Hemangiomas; 43 Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis; 44 Pituitary and Hypothalamic Sarcoidosis; 4 Adrenal and Gonadal Tumors; 45 Imaging of the Adrenal Glands; 46 Pheochromocytoma; 47 Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors; 48 Primary Hyperaldosteronism; 49 Adrenal Causes of Cushing's Syndrome; 50 Adrenal Incidentalomas; 51 Androgen-secreting Tumors; 52 Functional Ovarian Tumors; 53 Endocrine Aspects of Ovarian Tumors; 54 Testicular Germ Cell Cancers; 55 Neoplasia and Intersex States |
56 Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia 5 Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Clinical Syndromes; 57 Classification of Neuroendocrine Tumors; 58 Imaging of GastrointestinalNeuroendocrine Tumors; 59 Insulinomas and Hypoglycemia; 60 Gastrinomas (Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome); 61 VIPomas; 62 Glucagonomas; 63 Somatostatinomas; 64 Lung and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors; 65 Carcinoid Syndrome; 66 Appendiceal and Hindgut Carcinoids; 67 Chemotherapy for Neuroendocrine Tumors; 6 Medical Syndromes andEndocrine Neoplasia; 68 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN 1) |
69 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and AssociatedMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A truly comprehensive reference for the management of patients with endocrine cancer The new edition of Clinical Endocrine Oncology has been fully revised and extended making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available. Written and edited by leading international experts in the field, it sets the standard in multidisciplinary care for patients with endocrine tumors. The book provides specific and detailed guidance on the basic, clinical, investigative and therapeutic processes required for the thorough evaluation of a patient with a tumor in an endoc |
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