Surgery in breast cancer and melanoma : handbooks in general surgery / editors, Kirby I. Bland [and five others]
Imprint
New York : Springer, c2011
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xvi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
CONTENT
I: Breast -- Benign breast disease: diagnosis and assessment -- Malignant breast disease: diagnosis and assessment -- High risk indicators: microscopic lesions, personal and family history, assessment, and management -- Carcinoma in situ of the breast: ductal and lobular origin -- Breast carcinoma: stages I and II -- Locally advanced breast cancer -- Metastatic carcinomas of the breast -- Reconstruction of the breast -- II: Skin soft tissues -- Evaluation of malignant and premalignant skin lesions -- Staging and treatment options for cutaneous melanoma -- Technique and application of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma -- Surgical Treatment of malignant melanoma -- Surgical and medical management of locally advanced and systemic melanoma -- Soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities and chest wall