| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 569 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Current clinical pathology |
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Current clinical pathology.
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| Contents |
Embryology and Anatomy of the Skin / Maria De Falco, Michele M. Pisano and Antonio De Luca -- Epidemiology and Prevention of Cutaneous Tumors / Alessandra Scarabello and Paola Muti -- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Focus on Biochemical and Molecular Characteristics / Michele Caraglia, Giovanni Francesco Nicoletti, Angela Lombardi, Gerardo Botti and Renato Franco -- Molecular Pathology of Melanocytic Skin Cancer / Giuseppe Palmieri, Peter Sarantopoulos, Raymond Barnhill and Alistair Cochran -- Basal Cell Carcinoma: Molecular and Pathological Features / Renato Franco, Anna Maria Anniciello, Gerardo Botti, Michele Caraglia and Amalia Luce -- Skin Adnexal Tumours: A Large Spectrum of Clinic-Pathological Lesions / Renato Franco, Maria Elena Errico, Federica Zito Marino, Anna Maria Anniciello [and 3 others] -- Pathology of Melanocytic Skin Tumors / Claudio Clemente and Martin C. Mihm Jr. -- Pathology of Other Skin Cancer / Feliciano Baldi, Angeles Fortuño-Mar, Alexander Bianchi, Alfredo D'Avino and Alfonso Baldi -- Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas / Emanuela Bonoldi and Umberto Gianelli -- Comparative Oncology of Skin Cancer / Ira Gordon -- Clinical-Pathological Integration in the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer / Alon Scope and Ashfaq A. Marghoob -- Cytology / Angeles Fortuño-Mar -- Dermoscopy / Susana Puig and Joseph Malvehy -- Introduction to Ultrasonography in Skin Cancer / Ximena Wortsman -- Use of 22 MHz High-Frequency Ultrasound in the Management of Skin Cancer / Paola Pasquali, Elia Camacho and Angeles Fortuño-Mar -- Optical Coherence Tomography / Mette Mogensen, Lotte Themstrup, Christina Banzhaf, Sebastian Marschall [and 2 others] -- Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Skin Cancer / Salvador Gonzalez, Virginia Sanchez, Susanne Lange-Asschenfeldt and Martina Ulrich -- Multiphoton Laser Microscopy with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Skin Cancer / Stefania Seidenari, Federica Arginelli and Marco Manfredini -- Photography in Dermatology / Paola Pasquali -- Topical Treatment / Miguel Alejandro López -- Mohs Micrographic Surgery / Joan Ramon Garcés -- Skin Cancer Surgery / Michele de Nuntiis, Enrico Baldessari and Riccardo Garcea -- Cryosurgery / Paola Pasquali -- Immunological Aspects of Cryosurgery / Eduardo K. Moioli and Aleksandar L. Krunic -- Photodynamic Therapy / Raffaella Sala, Maria Teresa Rossi and Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton -- Lasers for Skin Cancer / Michael P. McLeod, Katherine M. Ferris, Sonal Choudhary [and 2 others] -- Radiation Therapy in Dermatology / Stephan Lautenschlager -- Electrochemotherapy in Dermatological Oncology / Enrico P. Spugnini -- Systemic Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas / Pablo Luis Ortiz-Romero and Evangelia Papadavid -- Systemic Therapy in Melanoma / Carmen Nuzzo, Maria Simona Pino and Francesco Cognetti -- Systemic Therapy for Rare Tumours of the Skin and Soft Tissue Tumour / Bruno Vincenzi, Anna Maria Frezza, Daniele Santini and Giuseppe Tonini -- Sentinel Lymph Node / Paolo Persichetti, Stefania Tenna, Beniamino Brunetti and Stefano Campa -- Sunlight-Induced Skin Cancer in Companion Animals / Paulo Vilar-Saavedra, and Barbara E. Kitchell -- Telemedicine and Skin Cancer: Teledermatology and Teledermoscopy / Job Paul van der Heijdenc and Leonard Witkamp -- Automated Content-Based Image Retrieval: Application on Dermoscopic Images of Pigmented Skin Lesions / Alfonso Baldi, Raffaele Murace, Emanuele Dragonetti, Mario Manganaro and Stefano Bizzi -- Gene Expression Profiling in Melanoma / Stefania Crispi and Emilia Caputo |
| Summary |
Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach presents a comprehensive and up to date overview on skin cancer. With an emphasis on practical aspects that will set the basis for guidelines of treatment, the volume presents different diagnostic tools to help physicians obtain the proper diagnosis. Written by a worldwide base of experts selected on their recognized expertise on the different themes discussed, Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach is a valuable resource for investigators in the field of skin cancer, including pathologists, medical and surgical oncologists, dermatologists, general surgeons, and veterinary oncologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 3, 2013) |
| Subject |
Skin -- Cancer.
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Skin Neoplasms
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Médecine.
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Skin -- Cancer
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baldi, Alfonso, editor
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Pasquali, Paola, editor
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Spugnini, Enrico P., editor
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| ISBN |
9781461473572 |
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1461473578 |
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