Textbook of Uncommon Cancer, Third Edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 866
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Described as 'must-have for cancer research' by the Hospital Doctor this highly acclaimed textbook has been extensively revised and updated to reflect recent progress and understanding in the field. It is the only comprehensive source of information available on uncommon cancers; presenting diagnosis, detailed clinical management and prognosis. The Textbook of Uncommon Cancer, Third Edition incorporated 18 new chapters, including:

• Tumors of the cervix
• Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Unusual malignancies of plasma cells
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Written by leading clinicians worldwide, this title is indispensable for all those involved in the diagnosis and treatment of hard-to-manage rare tumors.

Content:
Chapter 1 Uncommon Tumors of the Kidney (pages 1–17): Sujith R. Kalmadi, Ming Zhou, Andrew Novick and Ronald M. Bukowski
Chapter 2 Uncommon Cancers of the Bladder (pages 18–26): Arlene O. Siefker?Radtke, Bogdan A. Czerniak, Colin P. Dinney and Randall E. Millikan
Chapter 3 Urethral Cancer (pages 27–37): Oscar E. Streeter and David I. Quinn
Chapter 4 Uncommon Cancers of the Prostate (pages 38–65): Scott T. Tagawa, Omid Hamid, Eila Skinner and Parvesh Kumar
Chapter 5 Rare Tumors of the Testis and Paratesticular Tissues (pages 66–85): Vedang Murthy, Cyril Fisher and Alan Horwich
Chapter 6 Uncommon Tumors of the Oral Cavity and Adjacent Structures (pages 87–101): A. Robert Kagan, Stephen I. Shibata, Michael P. McNicoll and Najeeb S. Alshak
Chapter 7 Rare Tumors of the Larynx (pages 102–112): Samir S. Khariwala and Marshall Strome
Chapter 8 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Non?endemic Populations (pages 113–132): June Corry and Bonnie Glisson
Chapter 9 Esthesioneuroblastoma (pages 133–142): Barbara A. Murphy, Joseph M. Aulino, Christine H. Chung, Kim Ely, Robert Sinard and Anthony Cmelak
Chapter 10 Neoplastic Disorders of the Adrenal Glands (pages 143–164): K. Oberg, A. Goldhirsch and A. Munro Neville
Chapter 11 Uncommon Cancers of the Thyroid (pages 165–173): Mark Bloomston and Manisha H. Shah
Chapter 12 Parathyroid Carcinoma (pages 174–179): Alliric I. Willis and John A. Ridge
Chapter 13 Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma (pages 181–186): Helenice Gobbi, Ingrid A. Mayer and A. Bapsi Chakravarthy
Chapter 14 Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast (pages 187–193): Melinda E. Sanders, Masako Kasami, Julie Means?Powell and David L. Page
Chapter 15 Non?Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Breast (pages 194–200): David S. Morgan and Jean F. Simpson
Chapter 16 Male Breast Cancer (pages 201–208): Ian K. Komenaka, Kathy D. Miller and George W. Sledge
Chapter 17 Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast (pages 209–217): Ian Ellis, Elinor J. Sawyer, Raj Rampaul and Carlos G. Pineda
Chapter 18 Carcinosarcoma of the Breast (pages 218–229): B.T. Hennessy, M.Z. Gilcrease, G. Babiera, W. Yang, V. Valero and G.N. Hortobagyi
Chapter 19 Tubular Carcinoma (pages 230–235): Melinda E. Sanders, Ingrid A. Mayer and David L. Page
Chapter 20 Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma (pages 237–256): Annette M. Moore, Christopher J. Sweeney, Mark R. Wick and Patrick J. Loehrer
Chapter 21 Primary Lymphomas of the Lung (pages 257–263): Francis C. Nichols and Stephen D. Cassivi
Chapter 22 Primary Sarcomas of the Lung (pages 264–278): Rachel E. Sanborn, Adriana L. Gonzalez, Thomas M. Ulbright, Guru Sonpavde and Alan B. Sandler
Chapter 23 Mesotheliomas (pages 279–292): Giuseppe Giaccone and Paul Baas
Chapter 24 Primary Melanoma of the Lung (pages 293–297): Richard A. Scolyer, James F. Bishop and John F. Thompson
Chapter 25 Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (pages 298–306): William D. Travis, Lee M. Krug and Valerie Rusch
Chapter 26 Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung (pages 307–312): Simon Chowdhury, Paul Cane, James F. Spicer and Peter G. Harper
Chapter 27 Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma of the Lung (pages 313–320): Gregory J. Riely and Vincent A. Miller
Chapter 28 Primary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lung (pages 321–328): John G. Devlin and Corey J. Langer
Chapter 29 Mucoepidermoid Tumors of the Lung (pages 329–335): Tracey L. Evans and Thomas J. Lynch
Chapter 30 Uncommon Cancers of the Esophagus (pages 337–351): John G. Devlin, Robert D. Odze and Jonathan D. Cheng
Chapter 31 Uncommon Cancers of the Stomach (pages 352–366): Jordan D. Berlin and Mary K. Washington
Chapter 32 Unusual Pancreatic Tumors (pages 367–382): Ann Wexler, Roger J. Waltzman and John S. Macdonald
Chapter 33 Uncommon Hepatobiliary Tumors (pages 383–390): Steven J. Cohen and Natalie E. Joseph
Chapter 34 Cancer of the Small Bowel (pages 391–400): Robert R. McWilliams, Thomas C. Smyrk and Axel Grothey
Chapter 35 Unusual Tumors of the Colon, Rectum and Anus (pages 401–409): William P. Tew and Leonard B. Saltz
Chapter 36 Cancer of the Appendix (pages 410–417): Matthew H. Kulke and Charles S. Fuchs
Chapter 37 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (pages 418–429): Margaret von Mehren and Douglas Flieder
Chapter 38 Small Cell Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract (pages 430–435): Alexandria T. Phan and Paulo M. Hoff
Chapter 39 Extra?ovarian Primary Peritoneal Carcinomas (pages 437–446): Alberto E. Selman and Larry J. Copeland
Chapter 40 Borderline Tumors and Other Rare Epithelial Tumors of the Ovary (pages 447–454): Teresa P. Diaz?Montes, Russell Vang, Deborah K. Armstrong and Robert E. Bristow
Chapter 41 Stromal Tumors of the Ovary (pages 455–466): Jubilee Brown, Anuja Jhingran, Michael Deavers and Maurie Markman
Chapter 42 Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary (pages 467–476): Daniela E. Matei, Jeanne M. Schilder and Helen Michael
Chapter 43 Fallopian Tube Cancer (pages 477–484): Destin Black and Richard R. Barakat
Chapter 44 Uterine Sarcomas and Unusual Endometrial Carcinomas (pages 485–500): Peter G. Rose, Pedro F. Escobar, Peter Fleming and Charles Biscotti
Chapter 45 Tumors of the Cervix (pages 501–520): Krishnansu S. Tewari and Bradley J. Monk
Chapter 46 Tumors of the Vulva and Vagina (pages 521–531): Jonathan E. Tammela, Wainwright Jaggernauth, Paulette Mhawech?Fauceglia and Shashikant B. Lele
Chapter 47 Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases (pages 532–542): Emily Berry and John R. Lurain
Chapter 48 Rare Leukemias (pages 543–554): Attaphol Pawarode and Maria R. Baer
Chapter 49 Rare Lymphomas (pages 555–568): Graham A. R. Young
Chapter 50 Uncommon Presentations of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias (pages 569–575): Rachid Baz and Mohamad A. Hussein
Chapter 51 Unusual Cutaneous Malignancies (pages 577–588): Toni K. Choueiri, Thomas Olencki, Wolfram Samlowski, Scott Florell, Sancy Leachman, Martin Majer and Allison Vidimos
Chapter 52 Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (pages 589–593): Michael D. Alvarado, Jane L. Messina and Vernon K. Sondak
Chapter 53 Merkel Cell Carcinoma (pages 594–603): Wolfram Goessling and Robert J. Mayer
Chapter 54 Melanotic Lesions of the Meninges (pages 605–609): Paul L. Moots and Michael L. Edgeworth
Chapter 55 Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis of the Central Nervous System (pages 610–613): Rima F. Jubran and Jonathan Finlay
Chapter 56 Chordomas (pages 614–625): Herbert B. Newton
Chapter 57 Meningeal Sarcomas (pages 626–637): Nicholas G. Avgeropoulos and John W. Henson
Chapter 58 Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas (pages 639–648): Samer E. Kaba and Athanassios P. Kyritsis
Chapter 59 Primary Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors (pages 649–656): Jan Drappatz and Jay S. Loeffler
Chapter 60 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (pages 657–666): Lisa M. DeAngelis
Chapter 61 Choroid Plexus Papilloma and Carcinoma (pages 667–673): Michael L. Edgeworth and Julie E. Hammack
Chapter 62 Glioma and Other Neuroepithelial Neoplasms (pages 674–694): Paul L. Moots, Mahlon D. Johnson, Mark T. Jennings and Anthony T. Cmelak
Chapter 63 Medulloblastoma and CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (pages 695–704): Paul L. Moots and Mark T. Jennings
Chapter 64 Craniopharyngiomas (pages 705–711): Gene H. Barnett and John Park
Chapter 65 Ophthalmic Cancers (pages 712–720): Arun D. Singh, William J. Dupps and Sophie Bakri
Chapter 66 Rare Pediatric Malignancies of the Head and Neck (pages 721–731): Ted A. James, Larry L. Myers, Nestor Rigual, Janet S. Winston, Thom R. Loree and Wesley L. Hicks
Chapter 67 Uncommon Pediatric Tumors of the Thorax (pages 732–748): Joanne M. Hilden, Sharon O. Meerbaum and Louis P. Dehner
Chapter 68 Uncommon Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Children (pages 749–759): Christopher L. Moertel, Jan Watterson and Louis P. Dehner
Chapter 69 Uncommon Pediatric Genitourinary Tumors (pages 760–774): Barbara Bambach
Chapter 70 Uncommon Endocrine Tumors in Children and Adolescents (pages 775–797): Raul C. Ribeiro, Carlos Rodriguez?Galindo, Gerald P. Zambetti, Bonald C. Figueiredo, Karel Pacak, Andrew Bauer and Constantine A. Stratakis
Chapter 71 Uncommon Pediatric Brain Tumors (pages 798–809): Sharon H. Smith
Chapter 72 Malignant Tumors of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue in Children (pages 810–818): Ilene L. Rothman, Joyce B. Farah and Thomas N. Helm