Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors - Updates in Surgery 2009 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1. General Principles -- Chapter 1. Surgery and Tumors / Antonio Bolognese, Dominique Elias -- Chapter 2. Cooperation between the Surgical Oncologist and the Pathologist / Antonio Bolognese, Francesco Borrini, Francesca Ricci, Paolo Meloni, Federica Pulcini, Pietro L. Mingazzini -- Chapter 3. Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cancer / Alberto Gulino -- Chapter 4. The Medical Oncologist's Point of View / Massimo Lopez, Laura Giacinti, Silvia I. S. Fattoruso -- Chapter 5. The Radiotherapist's Point of View / Riccardo Maurizi Enrici, Mattia F. Osti, Francesca Berardi -- Part 2. Personal Experiences and Selected Series -- Chapter 6. Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Metastases to the Liver / Genoveffa Balducci, Paolo Mercantini, Niccolo Petrucciani, Vincenzo Ziparo -- Chapter 7. Gastric Cancer / Clemente Iascone, Annalisa Paliotta, Silvia Femia -- Chapter 8. Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas: Surgery and Multimodal Treatment / Giuliano Barugola, Massimo Falconi, Fabio Zarantonello, Giuseppe Malleo, Claudio Bassi, Paolo Pederzoli -- Chapter 9. The Role of Preoperative Biliary Decompression in Patients with Severe Malignant Obstructive Jaundice / Vincenzo Cangemi, Enrico Fiori -- Chapter 10. Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Cancer: Peritoneal Carcinomatosis / Angelo Di Giorgio, Fabio Accarpio, Simone Sibio, Daniele Biacchi, Sergio Gazzanelli, Anna M. Baccheschi, Tommaso Cornali, Marisa Di Seri, Linda Cerbone, Paolo Sammartino -- Chapter 11. Pelvic Recurrences of Rectal Cancer / Antonio Bolognese, Luciano Izzo, Pierfrancesco Di Cello, Dario Pietrasanta, Alessandro Crocetti, Silvia Trombetta -- Subject Index. Jacket Description/Back: Surgery continues to be the most effective treatment of solid tumors in terms of recovery, while its combination with other treatments improves the survival curves especially in the advanced forms of the disease. The aim of my task first of all has been to provide readers with both the current and constantly evolving pathophysiologic knowledge required for building the foundation of a specific education enabling surgeons to meet the fundamental targets in surgical oncology. Secondly, this volume aims to present an update on the real possibilities offered by the cooperation between surgeon and pathologist and by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and gene therapy in the treatment of tumors in the light of the most recent scientific achievements. Lastly, the report presents the experiences and cases drawn mostly from our School regarding some of the major issues in oncologic surgery. This overview does not pretend to elucidate or to summarize all aspects of oncologic surgery, but rather to be the result of a general consideration on cancer surgery, on its rational bases, on its interaction with other treatment modalities, on its desirable and expected developments and on its probable future evolution. Publisher Marketing: Surgery continues to be the most effective treatment of solid tumors in terms of recovery, while its combination with other treatments improves the survival curves especially in the advanced forms of the disease. provide readers with both the current and constantly evolving pathophysiologic knowledge required for building the foundation of a specific education enabling surgeons to meet the fundamental targets in surgical oncology. Secondly, this volume aims to present an update on the real possibilities offered by the cooperation between surgeon and pathologist and by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and gene therapy in the treatment of tumors in the light of the most recent scientific achievements. Lastly, the report presents the experiences and cases drawn mostly from our School regarding some of the major issues in oncologic surgery. This overview does not pretend to elucidate or to summarize all aspects of oncologic surgery, but rather to be the result of a general consideration on cancer surgery, on its rational bases, on its interaction with other treatment modalities, on its desirable and expected developments and on its probable future evolution.