Oncology

The 28th annual conference of the German Society for Neurosurgery was held in Cologne, West Germany, from the 18th to the 21st of September 1977.

Two years ago, about twenty people gathered informally in our institute to discuss mitosis.

Das Ziel vorliegender Studie ist es, möglichst umfassend die Veröf­ fentlichungen über das Zusammentreffen von Gravidität und Tumor zu erfassen.

Breast cancer is probably the most frequent and fatal neoplasm in women of the western world, and it causes more fear, suffering and morbidity than any other disease in our times.

The control of cancer is at once a major public health problem and a problem of fundamental biologic interest.

Jean BERNARD * I should like to begin with an assumption and a paradox.

International Symposium held at the Battelle Seattle Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA, 23 - 26 June 1974

""Dieses Buch macht auch den Nicht-Betroffenen betroffen - gleichzeitig macht es Mut.

Bone and joint tuberculosis is common in developing countries, and surgeons in these countries are often faced with the dual problem of diagnosing and treating this disease.

Hyperthermia has been found to be of great benefit in combination with radiation therapy or chemotherapy in the management of patients with difficult and com- plicated tumor problems.

This book has been edited by two of the best known experts in the field of breast diseases.

Rectal cancer is a major killer.

Cellular transformation and carcinogenesis are considered a multistep process starting with DNA lesions and progressing through loss of cellular growth control and increase invasive and metastatic properties.

This book, edited by Prof.

The incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of gynecologic cancer have undergone major changes during the past 20 years.

One of the most amazing and spectacular developments in modern radiology has been the rapid growth and expansion of so-called interventional radiology, which can also be described as minimally invasive therapy guided by radiological imaging.

Bladder cancer represents a major challenge to the oncologist.

Many different opinions exist as to the appropriate diagnostic workup and therapy for spinal tumors.

In this volume an account is given of the technologies relevant to the detection of sentinel lymph nodes in the context of surgical oncology.

PET in Oncology describes the principles of positron emission tomography and is a useful resource for incorporating the technique in clinical practice.

Pharmacologic interventions to prevent the evolution of human cancers are still in its infancy, although a good number o- mostly controlled - clinical studies have been performed in the past two decades.

Advanced routine imaging techniques have made it possible to diagnose localized abnormalities often before they have produced irreversible damage.

This book provides a clinically oriented overview on the patho-physiological background and the use of bisphosphonates in oncology.

Historically, the diagnosis of clinical problems in the head and neck has relied on a combination of physical examination and plain film radiography.

Lung cancer is not a single disease process but is a group of biologically variable diseases.

Clinical studies during the past 10 years have shown that PET is more sensitive than CT and MRI for the detection of many tumors.

Modern therapeutic strategies in the last decade have radically changed the approach to the oncologic patient with metastatic disease.

Some three decades after bone marrow transplantation was introduced in the field of hematology and oncology, transplantation today continues to rapidly grow and expand into a variety of new modalities.

Knowledge about diagnostic procedures in melanoma has in- creased rapidly within the past few years.

Skin cancer is the most frequent malignancy in humans and its incidence is still increasing.

Notwithstanding the important role of direct clinical and endoscopic examination in modern management of pathological conditions of the larynx, radiological study the and, more specifically, cross-sectional imaging by CT and MRI make definite diagnostic contributions by virtue of their potential to display superbly the deeper extent of laryngeal lesions.

An explosion of information has occurred since scientists began to define the molecular events that describe the malignant transformation and progression of cells and their development towards a life-threatening metastatic disease.

The pathology of the pancreas, which was a "e;hidden"e; retroperitoneal organ for many years, can now be marvelously depicted by the modern sectional imaging techniques.

This superbly illustrated and well referenced book presents the latest advances in imaging of the alimentary tube.

Radiology of the Pancreas discusses the diagnostic role of the various imaging modalities currently available for the assessment of pancreatic anatomy and disease.