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Debulking en pelvische exenteratie.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 1996 Paperback, Nederlands, originele uitgeversomslag, 16x24 cm., 158 pp. ISBN 9789061867258.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 02. Dit boek werd samengesteld met de volledig uitgewerkte bijdragen van de sprekers op studiedag Oncologische Heelkunde 1995. De onderwerpen"Debulking voor ovariumcarcinoom" en "Pelvische exenteratie" worden op een systematische wijze behandeld door gynecologische en chirurgische oncologen, door een radioloog, radiotherapeut, anesthesist en een verpleegkundige. Preoperatieve diagnostiek en indicatiestelling, peroperatieve evaluatie en chirurgische techniek, postoperatieve zorgen, verwikkelingen en eindresultaten van deze ingrepen worden uitvoerig geanalyseerd.
Haematogenic Metastases. Treatment with Curative Intent.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 2001 Paperback, English, original editor's jacket, 16x24 cm., 166 pp. ISBN 9789058671202.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 07. Not long ago, the finding of distant metastases was tantamount to incurable disease and only palliative surgery. This paradigm started to erode in the eighties when convincing results were obtained in the management of metastasized germ cell tumors by a combination of chemotherapy and surgery. Gradually the idea that cure was possible in at least some patients with metastasized tumors found acceptance and indications for treatment with curative intent were broadened. Whereas twenty years ago surgery for metastases was performed infrequently, nowadays it has become almost a part of daily surgical work in major oncological centres. Nevertheless many questions remain about tumor biology, sensitivity and specificity of imaging techniques, biopsy and surgical approach, selection of patients for combined treatment protocols. The topic seemed appropriate as subject of the Study Day of Surgical Oncology 2001 because it is very likely that discoveries in tumor biology will increase our therapeutic possibil!ities for metastases in the future. In this monograph the actual status of the curative treatment of distant metastases is dicussed by experts in the fields of tumor imaging, nuclear medicine, medical oncology and surgery covering the organs most subject to metastatic growths.
Introduction to Tumor Biology.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 1999 Paperback, English, original editor's jacket, 16x24 cm., 148 pp. ISBN 9789061869504.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 06. This book offers clinical oncologists an introduction to some selected topics of tumor biology where important progress has been made during the last decade. The concept is rather unique because it combines advances in clinical pathology, genetics, molecular oncology and immunology. The first two chapters deal with the genetic and molecular basis of malignant transformation on cellular level: DNA damage, mutations and repair mechanisms, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. The growth of a tumor cell population depends not only on cell division, but also on deregulation of apoptosis (chapter 3). Most clinical tumors are charcterised by heterogeneity caused by different degrees of differentiation in different cell clones as illustrated for soft tissue tumors in chapter 4. The following chapters explain the multistep process of local tumor progression in gastro-intestinal cancers and malignant melanoma. Cellular and molucular aspects of metastases are dealt with in chapter 7. But host cells react to tumor cells and specific T-cell defined antigens offer a perspective for cancer vaccine development as reviewed in the last chatper. The book is timely because new diagnostic and therapeutic applications based on molecular oncology will reach the clinic at ever increasing pace.
Lipomatous Tumors: Diagnosis and Primary Treatment.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 1997 Paperback, English, original editor's jacket, 16x24 cm., 162 pp. ISBN 9789061867982.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 04. The subject of this book is the diagnosis and primary treatment of lipomatous tumors, the most frequent soft tissue tumors in adults. This makes it unique as no other book on this topic is currently available. The subject is treated in a multidisciplinary approach and developed in a logical order from basic knowledge to diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. The actual histologic classification is presented and its modifications illustrated. Several specific chromosomal abnormalities have been discovered recently and already two genes involved in myxoid liposarcoma and lipoma have been identified. The clinical spectrum of these tumors is covered and their radiological diagnosis by CT scan and MRI is well illustrated. A new topographical approach to abdominal liposarcoma is presented. The role of biopsy and the problem of surgical margins at resection is discussed against the general background of sarcoma surgery. Surgical experience with lipomatous tumors localized beneath the muscle fascia on limbs and trunk and in the retroperitoneum is analyzed in detail. The role of adjuvant radiotherapy in the treqtment of liposarcoma is critically examined and a review on prognosis is presented as well as a follow-up scheme for each histologic type. This book contains very valuable information for surgeons, radiologists, oncologists, radiotherapists and scientists with a special interest in soft tissue tumors.
Non Palpable Breast Lesions.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 1996 Paperback, English, original editor's jacket, 16x24 cm., 126 pp. ISBN 9789061867340.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 03. Because of the more frequent use of mammography and ultrasound more and more infraclinical lesions are detected in the female breast. These non palpable breast lesions present a number of questions to clinicians. In this book an answer is provided by experts in radiology, pathology, gynaecology and surgery resulting in a systematic overview of detection, diagnosis, biopsy and surgical treatment. What do we know about the biology of these lesions and what images are suspect for malignancy? Are there new radiological methods for detection and characterisation? Is there a role for fine needle aspiration or core needle biopsy and how reliable is cytology for these lesions? How to select patients for surgical biopsy or for follow-up? How to localize the lesion at surgery and how to choose between incisional and excisional biopsy? Is there a place for frozen section? What surgical techniques should be used and how to handle the specimen? What information should come out of pathology and what to do when the resection is incomplete? De derde studiedag Oncologische heelkunde van de Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven (23 maart 1996) handelde rond niet-palpabele borstletsels bij vrouwen. Specialisten in radiologie, pathologie, gynaecologie en chirurgie met grote ervaring op dit gebied werden samengebracht om antwoord te zoeken op een aantal vragen bij deze materie. Hun antwoorden zijn opgenomen in dit boek met als doel een soort handleiding te creeren voor de praktijk en de verdere studie.
Maligne Melanoom. Diagnose en behandeling.
Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 1995 Paperback, Nederlands, originele uitgeveromslag, 16x24 cm., 134 pp. ISBN 9789061866756.
Oncologische Heelkunde / Surgical Oncology : 01. Het maligne melanoom is de meest kwaadaardige tumor van de huid en kan ontstaan in een banale naevus. Een vroegtijdige diagnose en chirurgische behandeling is van levensbelang. Gedurende de laatste jaren is het aantal melanomen duidelijk toegenomen. Daarom ook werd door de dienst Oncologische Heelkunde van de Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven een studiedag aan dit probleem gewijd. Dit boek bestaat uit bijdragen van verschillende specialisten in dit domein: dermatologen, chirurgen, oncologen, een patholoog en een verpleegkundige. Artsen die soms met een melanoom worden geconfronteerd vinden hier de aktuele standaard voor diagnose en behandeling.
