Full Description
This book provides a detailed overview of the latest techniques and management strategies in pediatric cancer surgery. It features detailed coverage of surgical oncology care, how to manage a range of tumor specific cases along with detailed insight on relevant background information of relevant scientific concepts. Chapters cover how to deliver cancer care across a range of settings, principles associated with multi-disciplinary management and palliative care. The applications of surgical techniques including open, endoscopic and robotic are discussed with informative photographs and illustrations accompanying the text to enhance the readers understanding of how to properly perform these methodologies. All tumor specific cases follow a clear uniform format covering patient evaluation, pre-operative and post-operative management strategies, to assist the reader in developing a detailed understanding of why a particular technique was used in a particular instance.
Pediatric Surgical Oncology is a detailed guide to the application of the latest surgical techniques and management strategies for treating childhood cancer patients in both high and limited resource settings, making it a valuable resource for all practicing and trainee physicians who encounter these patients.
Contents
The epidemiology of childhood cancer and childhood cancer predisposition.- Principles of delivering cancer care across all resource settings.- Principles of multidisciplinary childhood cancer management.- Principles of medical imaging for childhood cancer management.- Principles of diagnostic pathology for cancer management.- Principles of cancer biology.- Principles of chemotherapy for pediatric cancer management.- Principles of radiation therapy for cancer management.- Principles of biologic and immunologic therapies.- Principles of chronic pain management for cancer patients.- Principles of palliative care for cancer management.- Principles of surveillance for cancer management.- Principles of childhood cancer research.- Surgical Principles.- Principles of surgical procedures and techniques.- Principles of various surgical approaches for cancer surgery.- Principles of risk stratification and patient selection for cancer surgery.-Principles of operative planning based on staging/preoperative imaging and preparation.- Principles of obtaining consent for operative procedures.- Principles of intraoperative care.- Principles of supportive and critical care.- Tumor Specific Principles.- Brain tumors.- Spinal tumors.- Retinoblastoma.- Head and neck tumors.- Neuroblastoma and other neuroblastic tumors.- Adrenal tumors.- Renal tumors.- Genito-Urinary tumors.- Rhabdomyosarcoma.- Non Rhabdo Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Osteosarcoma.- Ewing sarcoma family of tumors.- Germ cell tumors.- Liver tumors.-Pancreatic neoplasms.- Gastrointestinal tumors.- Cancer of the peritoneum.- Cutaneous melanoma.- Other rare tumors.- Inflammatory pseudotumor.- Vascular malformation.
