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Online-Ressource (259 p)
ISBN:
9780824727994
Inhalt:
Filling a gap in the literature, this guide provides expert recommendations and research on carcinoma of an unknown primary site (CUP). Covering the identification, diagnosis, and management of CUP with illustrative and reader-friendly clinical case examples, this reference helps physicians treat patients whose primary cancer site is difficult to locate and assess
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Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1. What We Know About Carcinomas of Unknown Primary Site (CUP) Almost for Sure: Incidence, Survival, and Necropsy Data; 2. Radiographic Studies, Endoscopy, and Serum Tumor Markers in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Carcinomas of Unknown Primary Site; 3. The Advent of Immunohistochemistry in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: A Major Progress; 4. The Importance of Identifying CUP Subsets; 5. Role of Positron Emission Tomography with 18F-Fluorodesoxyglucose (PET-FDG) in the Care of Carcinomas of an Unknown Primary Site
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6. Prognostic Considerations in Patients with Unknown Primary Carcinoma7. Treatment of Patients with Favorable Subsets of Unknown Primary Carcinoma; 8. Chemotherapy for Patients with Metastatic Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site; 9. Randomized Trials in Patients with Carcinoma of an Unknown Primary Site: The Past, the Present, and the Future; 10. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of an Unknown Primary Tumor Located in the Cervical Lymph Nodes; 11. Women with Isolated Adenocarcinoma in the Axillary Lymph Node of an Unknown Primary Site e; 12. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in a Single Site
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13. Emerging Local Treatments in Carcinomas of an Unknown Primary Site: Radiofrequency, Palliative Bone Surgery, and Radiotherapy14. The Biology of Unknown Primary Tumors: The Little We Know, the Importance of Learning More; 15. Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer of Unknown Primary Site; CLINICAL CASES OF CARCINOMA OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
9781420016253
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Carcinoma of an Unknown Primary Site
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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