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Title Radioguided surgery : a comprehensive team approach / edited by Giuliano Mariani, Armando E. Giuliano, H. William Strauss
Published New York : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series 2008 Springer E-Books
Contents Radiopharmaceuticals for radioguided surgery -- Physical performance parameters of intraoperative probes -- Positron-sensitive probes -- Gamma ray imaging probes for radioguided surgery and site-directed biopsy -- Radiation protection in radioguided surgery -- Training and credentialing for radioguided surgery -- The anatomy and physiology of lymphatic circulation -- The role of lymph node staging for clinical decision making in patients with solid cancers -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast cancer -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma -- Dynamic sentinel lymph node biopsy in penile carcinoma -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cancer of the head and neck -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in bynecologic malignancies -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in prostatic cancer -- Radioguided biopsy of the sentinel lymph node in patients with non-small cell lung cancer -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy in thyroid cancer -- Histopathology of sentinel lymph nodes -- Frozen section and imprint cytology in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer -- Molecular assessment of sentinel lymph nodes -- Where it all began: the heritage of radioimmunoguided surgery -- Radioguided occult lesion localization in the breast -- Minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism -- Radioguided surgery of neuroendocrine tumors -- Radioguided surgery of solitary pulmonary nodules -- Radioguided surgery of occult lesions in patients with thyroid cancer -- Radioguided bone lesion localization
Summary Radioguided Surgery is a multidisciplinary book designed for all physicians involved in the diagnosis and care of cancer patients, including nuclear medicine physicians, general surgeons, oncologists, and pathologists. The contributors to this book-among them some of the most prestigious experts in the field-provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of radioguided surgery, from training and radiation protection to sentinel lymph node biopsy and non-sentinel lymph node applications for various cancers, tumors and lesions. More than a hundred illustrations, including a full-color insert, help to facilitate understanding of new concepts. Given its depth of information and concise, clear presentation, Radioguided Surgery is an indispensable resource in this innovative and increasingly integral field
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Cancer -- Surgery.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
Lymph nodes -- Radionuclide imaging
Computer-assisted surgery.
Neoplasms -- diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms -- surgery
Lymph Nodes -- diagnostic imaging
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy -- methods
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Radiation Oncology
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Computer-assisted surgery
Cancer -- Radiotherapy
Cancer -- Surgery
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Mariani, Giuliano.
Giuliano, Armando E.
Strauss, H. William (Harry William), 1941-
ISBN 9780387383279
0387383271
1282824481
9781282824485
9786612824487
6612824484