• ISBN13: 9780824702908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Mar Dekker
• Publication Date: April 6, 2001
• Pages: 787
• Original Price: GBP 134.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1500 grams

About the Book A comprehensive and multidisciplinary reference, Clinical Pathology of Soft-Tissue Tumors covers a variety of approaches to diagnose and manage soft-tissue tumors. <br>Includes contributions from nearly 30 experts to facilitate better communication and wider applications among the different specialties treating soft-tissue tumors <br>Compiling a plethora of resources for the multimodality treatment of rare neoplasms, Clinical Pathology of Soft-Tissue Tumors <br><li>reviews basic principles of biopsy, staging, diagnosis, and treatment <br></li><li>identifies advances in imaging evaluation using computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasonography, positron emission tomography (PET), and simple photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) <br></li><li>provides up-to-date histopathologic classification of soft-tissue tumors <br></li><li>evaluates immunohistochemistry (IHC) and molecular markers as diagnostic tools <br></li><li>explores surgical, radiation, and chemotherapy treatment options <br></li><li>and more <br>Includes metanalyses of National Cancer Institute trials and results from trials conducted by the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine and the Massachusetts General Hospital. <br>Illustrated with nearly 400 photographs and micrographs and supplemented with over 2200 literature references, Clinical Pathology of Soft-Tissue Tumors stands alone as a helpful guide for pathologists; medical and pediatric oncologists; general and orthopedic surgeons; radiologists and radiation therapists; pediatricians; physiatrists; and medical school students in these disciplines .</li>