The MD Anderson surgical oncology handbook

Noninvasive breast cancer; Invasive breast cancer; Melanoma; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Soft-tissue and bone sarcoma; Cancers of the head and neck; Thoracic malignancies; Esophageal carcinoma; Primary gastric malignancies; Small bowel malignancies and carcinoid tumors; Cancer of the colon, rectum, and anus; Hepatobiliary cancers; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic endocrine tumors and multiple endocrine neoplasia; Adrenal tumors; Well-differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid and neoplasms of the parathyroid glands; Hematologic malignancies and splenic tumors; Genitourinary cancer; Gynecologic cancers; Neurosurgical malignancies: treating tumors of brain, spine, and peripheral nerve and their effects on the nervous system; Cancer of unknown primary site; Surgical emergencies in cancer patients; Principles of radiation oncology; Reconstructive surgery in cancer patients; Targeted cancer therapy; Pharmacotherapy of cancer

This portable handbook is a practical guide to established surgical oncology principles for each organ system. Written by current and former surgical oncology fellows in the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center, this book will maximize surgical oncology skills with comprehensive coverage, multidisciplinary perspectives, proven therapeutic strategies, useful algorithms and line drawings outlining the essential elements of diagnosis, staging, and clinical management of solid tumours treated in surgical practice.