Management of bone metastases : a multidisciplinary guide /: a multidisciplinary guide. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vincenzo Denaro, Alberto Di Martino, Andrea Piccioli, editors.
• Editors: Denaro, Vincenzo, 1941-; Martino, Alberto Di; Piccioli, Andrea
• Contents: Section I, Medical Treatment Of Bone Metastases: 1 Bone metastasis microenvironment .- 2 Cancer treatment induced bone loss.- 3 Bone targeted therapies in adjuvant setting.- 4 New therapeutic targets in metastatic setting.- 5 Pain in bone metastatic patients. Section II, Imaging / Radiology / Radiotherapy And Pathology: 6 The role of radiotherapy in bone metastasis.- 7 Pathology of bone metastasis.- 8 Pathology: difficult cases.- 9 Diagnostic imaging of bone metastases. Section III, Approach To The Patient: 10 The Pathfx project: decision analysis and Bayesian method in survival estimation.- 11 The choice of surgical procedure: how a surgeons choice is influenced by the expected survival.- 12 Metastases to the spine: algorithm of treatment.- 13 Metastases to the long bones: algorithm of treatment.- 14 Metastases to the pelvis: algorithm of treatment.- 15 Pathological vs Impending Fracture.- 16 Thromboprophylaxis in bone metastatic patients. Section IV, Surgery: 17 The timing of surgical treatment.- 18 Long bone metastasis.- 19 Spine Bone Metastasis Approach.- 20 Metastases to the sacrum and pelvis.- 21 New biomaterials in instrumentation systems: Carbon fiber intramedullary nail.- 22 New biomaterials in instrumentation system: Photodynamic Bone stabilization System.- 23 Fractures around tumor implants.- 24 Demolitive Surgery: is it an option?.- 25 Rehabilitation of patients with bone metastatic disease.-26 Think, stage, then act.- 27 Pitfalls, Errors, and Unintended Consequences in the treatment of metastatic bone disease: how they occur and how they can be avoided. Section V, Minimally Invasive Tumor Treatment: 28 Interventional radiology, Thermoablation and Cryoablation.- 29 Electrochemotherapy.- 30 MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery.- 31 New Palliative techniques: indications and limits.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/471; Medicine; Bones -- Cancer -- Treatment; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Bones -- Cancer -- Treatment; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Medical -- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Medical -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Medical -- Diagnostic Imaging; Surgical oncology; Rehabilitation; Radiotherapy; Radiology; Orthopedic surgery; Surgical oncology; Rehabilitation; Radiotherapy; Radiology, Medical; Interventional radiology; Medical -- Orthopedics; Orthopaedics & fractures; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319734859; 3319734857
• Related ISBNs: 9783319734842
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 6, 2018).
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