The mediastinal mass : a multidisciplinary approach /: a multidisciplinary approach. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Renato Franco, Federica Zito Marino, Antonio Giordano, editors.
• Editors: Franco, Renato; Zito Marino, Federica; MD, Giordano, Antonio
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Mediastinum Masses; Chapter 1: Introduction (Epidemiology, Mediastinal Anatomy, Mediastinal Masses); Introduction; Mediastinal Anatomy; Mediastinal Masses; References; Chapter 2: Clinical Approach: Recommendations for the Clinicians; Introduction; Anatomic Distribution; Clinical Presentation; Presumptive Clinical Diagnosis; Tissue Diagnosis; Differential Diagnosis; Middle Mediastinal Mass; Anterior Mediastinal Mass; Posterior Mediastinal Mass; References; Chapter 3: Mediastinal Masses: Radiological Point of View; Introduction Radiological AnatomyPrevascular Compartment; Visceral Compartment; Paravertebral Compartment; Role of Diagnostic Imaging; Masses of Prevascular Compartment; Masses of Visceral Compartment; Masses of Paravertebral Compartment; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Radiotherapy in Anterior Mediastinum Cancers; Thymic Tumors; Mediastinal Localization Lymphomas: Hodgkin's Lymphoma (LH) and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (LNH); Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Germinal Tumors: Seminoma and Non-seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors (NSGCT); Seminoma; Non-seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors (NSGCT) Superior Vena Cava Obstruction (SVCO)Radiation Therapy-Related Toxicity; References; Chapter 5: Surgery: Recommendations for Surgeons; Introduction; Transcutaneous Biopsy; Ultrasound-Guided Endoscopic Biopsy; Anterior Mediastinotomy (Chamberlain's Approach); Cervical Mediastinoscopy (Standard and Extended); Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS); Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery; Open Procedures; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Diagnostic Histopathology Approach; Introduction; Epithelioid Cell Pattern; Spindle Cell Pattern; Small and Round Cell Pattern; Clear-Cell Pattern Fibroinflammatory-Looking PatternCystic Pattern; Unusual Lesions Appearing as Mediastinal Mass; Final Remarks; References; Chapter 7: Thymic Tumors and Lymphomas: The Clinical Impact of Their Underlying Molecular Features; Introduction; Thymic Tumors; Type A Thymoma; Type AB Thymoma; Type B1 Thymoma; Type B2 Thymoma; Type B3 Thymoma; Thymic Carcinomas; Thymic Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Molecular Features of Thymic Tumors; Lymphoma; Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Mediastinal Gray Zone Lymphoma Molecular Pathogenesis of Mediastinal LymphomasReferences; Chapter 8: Therapy: Recommendations for the Oncologists; Introduction; Clinical Considerations for the Administration of Systemic Treatments; Mediastinal Exacerbations of Lung Tumors; Novel Scenarios in the Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors: Immunotherapy; Novel Scenarios in the Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors: Targeted Therapies; Final Considerations; References; Part II: Anterior Mediastinum Masses; Chapter 9: Thymic Neoplasm; Thymic Epithelial Tumors; Development of the Concept of TET: A Brief Summary
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Humana Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/427; Medicine; Mediastinum -- Tumors; Mediastinum -- Tumors -- Treatment; Pathology; Oncology ; Thoracic surgery; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Mediastinum -- Tumors; Medical -- Oncology; Medical -- Surgery -- Thoracic; Oncology; Cardiothoracic surgery; Medical -- Pathology; Pathology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319903682; 3319903683
• Related ISBNs: 9783319903675
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 8, 2018).
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