Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach

✍ Scribed by Maria De Falco, Michele M. Pisano, Antonio De Luca PhD (auth.), Alfonso Baldi, Paola Pasquali, Enrico P Spugnini (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 568
• Series: Current Clinical Pathology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach presents a comprehensive and up to date overview on skin cancer. With an emphasis on practical aspects that will set the basis for guidelines of treatment, the volume presents different diagnostic tools to help physicians obtain the proper diagnosis.

Written by a worldwide base of experts selected on their recognized expertise on the different themes discussed, Skin Cancer: A Practical Approach is a valuable resource for investigators in the field of skin cancer, including pathologists, medical and surgical oncologists, dermatologists, general surgeons, and veterinary oncologists

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Embryology and Anatomy of the Skin....Pages 1-15
Epidemiology and Prevention of Cutaneous Tumors....Pages 17-28
Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Focus on Biochemical and Molecular Characteristics....Pages 29-57
Molecular Pathology of Melanocytic Skin Cancer....Pages 59-74
Basal Cell Carcinoma: Molecular and Pathological Features....Pages 75-88
Skin Adnexal Tumours: A Large Spectrum of Clinic-Pathological Lesions....Pages 89-108
Pathology of Melanocytic Skin Tumors....Pages 109-164
Pathology of Other Skin Cancer....Pages 165-172
Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas....Pages 173-191
Comparative Oncology of Skin Cancer....Pages 193-204
Clinical-Pathological Integration in the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer....Pages 205-211
Cytology....Pages 213-219
Dermoscopy....Pages 221-239
Introduction to Ultrasonography in Skin Cancer....Pages 241-244
Use of 22 MHz High-Frequency Ultrasound in the Management of Skin Cancer....Pages 245-256
Optical Coherence Tomography....Pages 257-266
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Skin Cancer....Pages 267-277
Multiphoton Laser Microscopy with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Skin Cancer....Pages 279-290
Photography in Dermatology....Pages 291-299
Topical Treatment....Pages 301-314
Mohs Micrographic Surgery....Pages 315-325
Skin Cancer Surgery....Pages 327-380
Cryosurgery....Pages 381-395
Immunological Aspects of Cryosurgery....Pages 397-407
Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 409-417
Lasers for Skin Cancer....Pages 419-424
Radiation Therapy in Dermatology....Pages 425-434
Electrochemotherapy in Dermatological Oncology....Pages 435-443
Systemic Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas....Pages 445-460
Systemic Therapy in Melanoma....Pages 461-474
Systemic Therapy for Rare Tumours of the Skin and Soft Tissue Tumour....Pages 475-485
Sentinel Lymph Node....Pages 487-497
Sunlight-Induced Skin Cancer in Companion Animals....Pages 499-514
Telemedicine and Skin Cancer: Teledermatology and Teledermoscopy....Pages 515-522
Automated Content-Based Image Retrieval: Application on Dermoscopic Images of Pigmented Skin Lesions....Pages 523-528
Gene Expression Profiling in Melanoma....Pages 529-545
Back Matter....Pages 547-569

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Dermatology; Surgical Oncology; General Practice / Family Medicine; General Surgery