Tumor board review : guideline and case reviews in oncology / editors, Robert F. Todd III [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Todd, Robert F., III

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine--Case studies.

Evidence-based medicine.

Tumors--Case studies.

Tumors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Publishing, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tumor Board Review utilizes the knowledge and expertise of oncology specialists to enhance learning the practice of oncology. Each of the 32 chapters follows a uniform format: a concise summary of the epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, and pathology of each major organ-specific tumor type; an abbreviated display of the relevant staging (generally based on the American Joint Commission on Cancer [AJCC] Staging , 7th Edition); and several ""tumor board-style"" illustrative patient case summaries (representative of major stage categories of each tumor), each followed by an evidence-base

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Head and Neck Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Overview of Staging; Site-Specific Staging for SCCHN; Case Summaries; Locoregionally Advanced Disease; Evidence-Based Case Discussion; Induction Chemotherapy; TPF Induction Chemotherapy; Recurrent/Metastatic SCCHN; Evidence-Based Case Discussion; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Thyroid Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma; Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma; Staging

Case SummariesEarly-Stage Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Stage I; Differentiated Follicular Thyroid Cancer: Late-Stage Follicular Thyroid Cancer; Medullary Thyroid Cancer; Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer; References; Chapter 3: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summaries; Early-Stage NSCLC; Regional (Stage III) NSCLC; Metastatic NSCLC, Case 1; Metastatic NSCLC, Case 2; Recurrent NSCLC; References; Chapter 4: Small Cell Lung Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summaries

Limited-Stage SCLC: Combined Modality TherapyExtensive-Stage SCLC: Systemic Palliative Therapy; References; Chapter 5: Breast Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Ductal Carcinoma In Situ; Early-Stage ER-Positive Breast Cancer; Early-Stage ER-Positive Breast Cancer, Stages I or II; Early-Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer; Locally Advanced Breast Cancer; Metastatic Breast Cancer; References; Chapter 6: Esophageal Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summaries; Locally Advanced Resectable Esophageal Cancer

Locally Advanced Unresectable Esophageal CancerMetastatic Esophageal Cancer; References; Chapter 7: Gastric Cancer; Epidemiology, Natural History, Riskfactors, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summaries; Resectable Gastric Cancer; Locally Advanced Unresectable and Metastatic Gastric Cancer; References; Chapter 8: Pancreatic Cancer; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma; Metastatic (Unresectable) Pancreatic Cancer; Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine (Islet) Carcinoma; Case Summaries; References; Chapter 9: Neuroendocrine Tumors

Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology-GENERALWell-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summary; Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Intermediate Grade); Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summary; Adrenocortical Carcinoma; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Staging; Case Summary; Poorly Differentiated (High-Grade) Extrapulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Pathology; Case Summary

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781461952015

1461952018

9781617050466

1617050466

OCLC:

863204108