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9780397516049

Practical Management of Skin Cancer

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  • ISBN13:

    9780397516049

  • ISBN10:

    0397516045

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-01-01
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Summary

Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Text for those in primary care to obtain a better understanding of skin cancer and to allow for its early detection and treatment. Emphasizes common forms of premalignant and malignant skin cancers, including actinic keratosis, Bowen disease, basal and squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Color illustrations. DNLM: Skin Neoplasms--therapy.

Table of Contents

1 Biopsy Techniques
1(30)
Shave Biopsy
1(3)
Punch Biopsy
4(5)
Excisional Surgery
9(14)
Incisional versus Excisional Biopsy
23(1)
Suturing
23(4)
Surgical Complications
27(4)
2 Skin Cancer Treatments
31(10)
Electrodesiccation and Curettage
31(3)
Surgical Excision
34(1)
Cryosurgery
34(1)
Intralesional Therapy
35(1)
Radiation
35(1)
Mohs Micrographic Surgery
36(5)
3 Basal Cell Carcinoma
41(32)
Definition
41(24)
Risk Factors
65(1)
Pathogenesis
65(1)
Clinical Characteristics
66(2)
Treatment
68(4)
Follow-Up and Prognosis
72(1)
4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma
73(34)
Epidemiology
73(1)
Risk Factors
73(7)
Pathogenesis
80(1)
Clinical Features
81(15)
Histopathology
96(4)
Treatment
100(5)
Follow-Up and Prognosis
105(2)
5 Malignant Melanoma
107(40)
Epidemiology
107(1)
Risk Factors
107(8)
Pathogenesis
115(1)
Clinical Features
115(2)
Classification of Melanoma
117(5)
Pathology
122(2)
Diagnosis
124(1)
Staging/Prognosis
125(17)
Treatment
142(5)
6 Sebaceous Carcinoma
147(4)
Clinical Features
147(1)
Pathogenesis
147(2)
Histopathology
149(1)
Diagnosis
149(1)
Treatment
149(1)
Prognosis
150(1)
7 Merkel Cell Carcinoma
151(8)
Clinical Features
151(2)
Pathogenesis
153(1)
Diagnosis
153(1)
Histopathology
154(1)
Treatment
155(1)
Prognosis
155(4)
8 Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
159(6)
Atypical Fibroxanthoma
159(4)
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
163(2)
9 Adnexal Tumors of the Skin
165(12)
Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma
165(1)
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
166(5)
Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma
171(1)
Angiosarcoma
172(5)
10 Test Slides
177(12)
Subject Index 189

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