Description
Book SynopsisThe most up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers
The high prevalence of skin cancer makes it crucial that physicians adequately understand the disease and its treatment. Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide provides the vital tools needed to successfully detect and treat this illnessâimproving patient wellness and survival. Covering the full spectrum of skin cancers, the book provides essential information on diagnosis and treatment options. The text opens with an incisive discussion of both normal and aging skin and the incidences and causes of skin cancer, and is followed by descriptions of the various types of skin cancer and important benign tumors, and the dermatological manifestation of internal malignancy.
Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide covers all the topics most important to clinicians and students, including the use of lasers and optical coherence tomography in skin cancer diagnosis, Mohs micrographic surgery,
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
