PET/CT in melanoma. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael S. Hofman, Rodney J. Hicks, editors.
• Other Names: Hofman, Michael S; Hicks, Rodney J
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1: Melanoma; 1.1 Clinical Features; 1.2 Biopsy of the Lesion; 1.3 Classification; 1.3.1 Superficial Spreading Melanoma; 1.3.2 Nodular Melanoma; 1.3.3 Lentigo Maligna Melanoma (LMM); 1.3.4 Acrolentiginous Melanoma (ALM); 1.4 Classification/Staging; References; 2: Pathology of Melanoma; 2.1 Histopathology; 2.2 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; 2.3 Synoptic Reporting of Melanoma; 2.4 Molecular Analysis; References; 3: Management of Melanoma; 3.1 Surgical Management of Primary Melanoma; 3.2 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. 3.3 Management of Locoregional Recurrent Melanoma3.4 Radiotherapy; 3.5 Adjuvant Systemic Therapy of Melanoma; 3.6 Management of Metastatic Melanoma; 3.6.1 Targeted Systemic Therapy with MAPK Pathway Inhibition; 3.6.2 Immunotherapy; 3.6.3 Cytotoxic Chemotherapy; References; 4: Radiological Imaging in Melanoma; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Plain Radiographs; 4.3 Ultrasound; 4.4 Computerised Tomography (CT); 4.5 MRI; 4.6 Restaging Imaging; References; 5: Role of PET/CT in Melanoma; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Primary Diagnosis/Staging; 5.2.1 Sentinel Lymph Node Scintigraphy with SPECT/CT. 5.2.2 Sentinel Lymph Node Positive5.2.3 High-Risk Patients with Stage I or II Disease; 5.2.4 Stage III and IV Melanoma; 5.2.5 Limitations of FDG PET/CT; 5.3 Response Assessment; 5.3.1 Pitfalls; 5.3.2 Treatment Related Adverse Effects Mimicking Malignancy; 5.4 Surveillance; 5.5 Beyond FDG PET/CT; References; 6: PET/CT in Melanoma (Additional Teaching Cases); References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.07548; Medicine; Melanoma -- Tomography; Tomography, Emission; Nuclear medicine; Oncology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Medicine; Nuclear medicine; Oncology; Tomography, Emission; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Melanoma; Positron-Emission Tomography; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Tomography; Medical -- Oncology; Oncology; Oncology ; Medical -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Nuclear medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319547411; 3319547410
• Related ISBNs: 9783319547404; 3319547402
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