The MD Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook)

Written by current and former surgical oncology fellows of the world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, this portable handbook is a practical guide to established surgical oncology principles for each organ system. This new Fourth Edition features extensive updates including new chapters on reconstructive surgery in the cancer patient. Concise chapters illustrated with algorithms and line drawings outline the essential elements of diagnosis, staging, and clinical management of solid tumors treated in surgical practice. The authors emphasize multidisciplinary treatment planning, including therapy sequencing and biologic therapies.

Written by current and former surgical oncology fellows of the world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, this portable handbook is a practical guide to established surgical oncology principles for each organ system. This new Fourth Edition features extensive updates including new chapters on reconstructive surgery in the cancer patient.

Concise chapters illustrated with algorithms and line drawings outline the essential elements of diagnosis, staging, and clinical management of solid tumors treated in surgical practice. The authors emphasize multidisciplinary treatment planning, including therapy sequencing and biologic therapies.

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Reviewer:Neal Wilkinson, MD(Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
Description:With this handbook, the authors provide a concise, user friendly manual covering a wide variety of important surgical oncology topics. The chapters are divided by organ site and cover a large body of knowledge in an efficient manner.
Purpose:The authors' stated purpose is to document the philosophies and practices of the department of surgical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The book is intended as a practical handbook and is organized by disease site.
Audience:This handbook is directed at surgeons in training (residents or fellows) who need up-to-date and concise information to help direct day-to-day cancer care. Each chapter has a brief introduction and pertinent literature review (5-10 pages) followed by useful guidelines based upon current NCCN and MD Anderson recommendations. This edition has added new chapters and updated information in the existing chapters. Authors are all current or former MD Anderson surgical oncology graduates.
Features:Each chapter covers a specific cancer arising from a specific organ system such as breast, colon, or liver. The chapters provide basic introductory information, pertinent literature review, current AJCC TNM staging, and treatment algorithms. Diagrams and treatment guidelines are specific and direct. Controversial topics are mentioned briefly. The MD Anderson preferred treatment is emphasized. The handbook is not an exhaustive review of the literature and readers should use it as an adjunct, not definitive, text.
Assessment:The handbook is well written and manages to cover a large amount of data in a very compact and concise manner. Tables and diagrams are used well, making it a user friendly resource.

1. Noninvasive Breast Cancer / Robert H. I. Andtbacka, [et.al.] 2. Invasive Breast Cancer / Jonathan S. Zager,[et.al.] 3. Melanoma / Timothy M. Pawlik and Jeffrey E. Gershenwald 4. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Nestor F. Esnaola and Keith M. Heaton 5. Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma / Keith A. Delman and Janice N. Cormier 6. Cancer in the Head and Neck / Kenneth A. Newkirk and F. Christopher Holsinger 7. Thoracic Malignancies / Shanda H. Blackmon and Ara A. Vaporciyan 8. Esophageal Carcinoma / Alexander A. Parikh, Ara A. Vaporciyan, and Wayne L. Hofstetter 9. Gastric Cancer / Waddah B. Al-Refaie and Paul F. Mansfield 10. Small-Bowel Malignancies and Carcinoid Tumors / Keith D. Amos and Rosa F. Hwang 11. Cancer of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus / George J. Chang and Barry W. Feig 12. Hepatobiliary Cancers / Eugene A. Choi, Steven E. Rodgers, Syed A. Ahmad, and Eddie K. Abdalla 13. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma / Rosa F. Hwang, [et.al.] 14. Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Jeffrey T. Lenert, [et.al.] 15. Adrenal Tumors / Ricardo J. Gonzalez and Jeffrey E. Lee 16. Carcinoma of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands / Keith D. Amos, Mouhammed A. Habra, and Nancy D. Perrier 17. Hematologic Malignancies and Splenic Tumors / Wayne A. I. Frederick, [et.al.] 18. Cancer of Unknown Primary Site / Gauri R. Varadhachary 19. Genitourinary Cancer / Christopher G. Wood and Colin P.N. Dinney 20. Gynecologic Cancers / Brian M. Slomovitz, Pamela T. Soliman, Judith K. Wolf 21. Oncologic Emergencies / Jeffrey D. Wayne and Richard J. Bold 22. Biologic Cancer Therapy / Daniel Albo, Thomas N. Wang, and George P. Tuszynski 23. Pharmacotherapy of Cancer / Judy L. Chase and Chad M. Barnett 24. Reconstructive Surgery in the Cancer Patient / Jules A. Feledy, Jr. Matthew M. Hanasono, and Geoffrey L. Robb Index. A practical guide to established surgical oncology principles for each organ system. It features chapters on reconstructive surgery in the cancer patient. It illustrates chapters with algorithms and line drawings outlining the essential elements of diagnosis, staging, and clinical management of solid tumors treated in surgical practice.