M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook

Written by current and former surgical oncolog fellows of the world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, this portable handbook isa practical guide to established surgical oncology principles for each organ system. This new Third Edition features extensive updates, especially on breast cancer(axillary node dissection), new chemotherapeutic regimens, and sentinel node biopsy. 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.M D Anderson Cancer Center Department is the author of 'M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook', published 2002 under ISBN 9780781733076 and ISBN 0781733073.