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Cancer : spinal cord, lung, breast, cervical, prostate, head and neck cancer /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lechner, Breanne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016]
Colección:Health and human development series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CANCER SPINAL CORD, LUNG, BREAST, CERVICAL, PROSTATE, HEAD AND NECK CANCER ; CANCER SPINAL CORD, LUNG, BREAST, CERVICAL, PROSTATE, HEAD AND NECK CANCER ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1 THE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF CANCER ; Introduction; Growing cancer; Conclusion; References; SECTION ONE: SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION AND NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT; Chapter 2 SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION AS INITIAL PRESENTATION OF LUNG CANCER ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References
  • Chapter 3 DROP FOOT: DEGENERATIVE STENOSIS OR SPINAL METASTASES? Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION IN A PATIENT WITH MALIGNANT SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD METASTASIS FROM MELANOMA ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION AS A FIRST PRESENTATION OF CANCER ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion
  • AcknowledgmentsReferences; Chapter 7 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF METASTASES VERSUS INFLAMMATION IN CANCER PATIENT WITH SPINAL ABNORMALITIES ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; SECTION TWO: PRIMARY AND METASTATIC LUNG CANCER ; Chapter 8 PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER ; Introduction; Literature search; NSCLC patients seen in the RRRP; Should patients with minimal or no symptoms receive immediate palliative RT?; How effective is RT in relieving intra-thoracic symptoms?; RT re-treatment
  • Combined RT and chemotherapyConclusion; References; Chapter 9 SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME ; Introduction; Etiology; Symptoms and signs; Assessment and diagnosis; Management; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10 MUSCULAR METASTASES ARISING FROM SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11 EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING WIDESPREAD METASTATIC DISEASE ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; SECTION THREE: BREAST CANCER
  • Chapter 12 AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD IN METASTATIC BREAST CANCER Introduction; Case report; Discussion; References; Chapter 13 MULTIMODAL IMAGING FINDINGS IN ISCHIOFEMORAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME MIMICKING BREAST CARCINOMA METASTASES ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; References; SECTION FOUR: GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER ; Chapter 14 RADIOTHERAPY FOR A CERVIX CANCER PATIENT WITH EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME ; Introduction; Case report; Discussion; Conclusion; References