MANUAL OF INTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY

Description

This Manualof Interventional Oncology by Douglas Coldwell is the culmination ofmore than 30 years of training, hands-on practice, and skills learned fromoncology colleagues. The successful practice of interventional oncology (IO)requires familiarity with all cancer interventions, and the ability torecognize each of their strengths and weaknesses. Acquiring basic knowledge ofall facets of the vast, ever-evolving cancer treatment paradigm enables greaterunderstanding of how IO fits into the broad cancer management continuum.

The firstfive chapters lay a solid foundation, detailing essentials of medical andsurgical oncology and radiation, followed by interventional radiology cancertreatments and agents used in cancer chemotherapy. Twelve cancer-specificchapters cover tumor management and discussion ofminimally invasive, imageguided tumorablation techniques for each type of cancer, as well as IO for pain managementand palliative care.

Key Highlights

• IO interventions for prevalent cancers such as colorectal, pancreatic, prostate, liver, bladder, breast, lung, and gynecologic - and less common pathologies including neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and cholangiocarcinoma

• More than 125 illustrations accompany succinct discussions of pathology, epidemiology, genetics, staging, treatment, outcomes, and IO options for each type of tumor

• An overview of clinical trials provides a glimpse of future IO innovations

• A road map to a successful IO career includes pearls gleaned from years of managing a thriving practice

Thisdefinitive guide is a must-have for clinicians working in the field of vascularand interventional radiology. It provides interventional radiologists with thenecessary building blocks, information, and techniques to thrive in thisrapidly evolving specialty.