Managing Skin Cancer (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm and its incidence is rising worldwide. The epidemic increase in such tumors calls for efficient management by the application of appropriate guidelines for therapy and prevention. Clinicians managing these patients need to keep up to date with the latest advances, allowing them to provide optimal treatment. This practical guide offers the reader a comprehensive overview of the options for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cutaneous cancer. It covers all common skin cancers and also rarer lesions. Employing an "evidence-based medicine" approach, this truly international work presents a well-illustrated text in a reader-friendly format with step-by-step guidelines and visual flowcharts. Dermatologists, oncologists, and all other interested physicians will find this book an extraordinarily valuable resource for the clinical management of cutaneous cancer in their daily practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540793472
• Artikelnr.: 37368669

Inhaltsangabe

Diagnosis of Skin Cancer.- Histopathology of Skin Cancer.- Basal Cell Carcinoma.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ.- Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin.- Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma.- Merkel Cell Carcinoma.- Cutaneous Lymphomas.- Kaposi Sarcoma.- Other Skin Cancers.- Skin Cancer Under Special Circumstances.- Skin Cancer Prevention.