Skin cancer : a comprehensive guide
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Skin cancer : a comprehensive guide
McGraw-Hill, c2023
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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With hundreds of color illustrations-this comprehensive guide provides everything you need to know about cutaneous malignancies
Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide provides an incisive discussion of both normal and aging skin and the incidences and cause of skin cancer. It begins with a thorough, expert look at all types of skin cancer and important benign skin tumors, as well as dermatological manifestation of internal malignancy. Next, you'll find a section on treating skin cancer in various patient populations, including children and pregnant women. The book concludes with in-depth sections on skin cancer patients, covering skin cancer vaccines and chemo prevention of cancer, the economic challenges issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer, and many other critical topics and issues.
Features
* 275+ photos and illustrations
* Includes cases highlighting key points, treatments, and diagnostic tips
* Explains how to use lasers and optical coherence for diagnosis
* Covers Mohs micrographic surgery, hyper Ig-E and hypereosinophilic syndromes, and confocal laser scanning microscopy
Table of Contents
SkinCancer
Tableof contents
Title
Section 1.
Cancer and Tumors
Author
1
Normal Skin
2
Aging Skin
3
Epidemiology of skin cancer
4
Etiology of skin cancer
5
The genetic basis of skin cancer
6
Basal Cell Carcinoma
7
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
8
Congenital Melanocytic Nevus
9
Spitz Tumors
10
Atypical Melanocytic Nevus
11
Malignant Melanoma
12
Cutaneous Lymphoma and Leukemias
13
Histocytosis
14
Mastocytosis
15
Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
16
Sarcomas
17
Sweat Gland Tumors
18
Sebaceous Carcinoma
19
Hair Follicle Tumors
20
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
21
Tumors of Nail Unit
22
Vascular Tumors of The Skin
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