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Part of the acclaimed ACS Atlas of Clinical Oncology series, this book offers an expert overview of soft tissue sarcomas. It discusses diagnosis and staging, surgical approaches, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, pediatric sarcomas, and much more. Topics covered include epidemiology, inherited syndromes, biopsy and surgical techniques, external beam irradiation, brachytherapy, intraoperative radiation therapy, neoadjuvant therapy, adjuvant therapy, regional perfusion, pain syndromes, and rehabilitation.

Features

More than 300 illustrations, photographs, and radiographs show tumors as they manifest.
Based on the huge experience at MD Anderson
Comes with a CD-ROM of the complete text and illustrations. Images can be downloaded for lectures and presentations.

Contents

SECTION 1 Diagnosis and Staging
1. Epidemiology
2. Inherited Syndromes
3. Pathology
4. Imaging
5. Biopsy Techniques
6. Staging

SECTION 2 surgical approaches
7. Extremities
8. Trunk and Abdominal Wall
9. Head and Neck
10. Breast
11. Heart and Great Vessels
12. Chest Wall
13. Abdominal Viscera
14. Retroperitoneum
15. Central Nervous System
16. Genitourinary System
17. Female Pelvis
18. Radical Amputation
19. Metastatic Sites
20. Reconstruction

SECTION 3 radiation therapy
21. External Beam Irradiation
22. Brachytherapy
23. Intraoperative Radiation Therapy

SECTION 4 chemotherapy approaches
24. Neoadjuvant Therapy
25. Adjuvant Therapy
26. Regional Perfusion

SECTION 5 special situations
27. Pediatric Sarcoma
28. Local recurrence
29. Distant Metastases
30. Pain Syndromes

SECTION 6 additional considersations
31. Status of Clinical Trials and Future Research Directions
32. Experimental Models
33. Rehabilitation
34. Cost Effective Follow-up