Hart Jr. Isaacs

Tumors of the Fetus and Infant (eBook, PDF)

An Atlas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the past five years, remarkable advances in fetal surgery and imaging techniques such as ultrasound and "fast" MRI have occurred, resulting in increased numbers of antenatal tumor diagnoses even on "routine" prenatal examinations. Tumors of the fetus & Infant presents an up-to-date account of the clinical and pathological features of neoplastic disease and tumor-like conditions in the fetus and neonate and discusses major tumor studies and cases from throughout the world. Numerous summary tables provide superb guidance on treatment and survival rates, and over 3,000 references direct the reader to the best current and classic sources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387215815
• Artikelnr.: 43999820

Autorenporträt

Hart Isaacs, Jr., MD, is Clinical Professor of Pathology at the Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and also Associate Pathologist at Rady's Children's Hospital of San Diego. Professor Isaacs originally studied Chemistry at Stanford University before graduating in 1958 from Stanford University School of Medicine. He has vast experience in the field of pediatric neoplasia, stretching back to the 1960s, when he became a pathologist at the Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. Since that time, he has been a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American College of Pathology and the Society for Pediatric Pathology. During his career, Professor Isaacs has served on the Childhood Brain Tumor Consortium at Boston Children's Medical Center and the Children's Cancer Study Group, Germ Cell Tumor Committee. He has published extensively, having authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, a number of book chapters, and three books, including the first edition of the present book.

Inhaltsangabe

General Survey.- Germ Cell Tumors.- Gonadal Tumors, non-Germ cell.- Soft Tissue Tumors.- Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions of the Skin.- Neuroblastoma.- Leukemia.- Histiocytoses.- Brain Tumors.- Tumors of the Eye.- Renal Tumors.- Liver Tumors.- Adrenocortical Tumors.- Pancreatic Tumors.- Cardiac Tumors.- Salivary Gland Tumors.- Lung and Chest Wall Tumors.- Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions of Bones.