Research Catalog

Title

Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for human solid cancer / edited by Stanley P.L. Leong, Yuko Kitagawa, Masaki Kitajima.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Leong, Stanley P. L.
• Kitagawa, Yuko.
• Kitajima, Masaki, 1941-2019.

Description

xxiii, 297 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm +

Series Statement

Cancer treatment and research

Uniform Title

Cancer treatment and research.

Subjects

• Neoplasm Staging > methods
• Lymph nodes > Biopsy
• Lymphatic Metastasis > diagnosis
• Neoplasms > diagnosis
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy > methods
• Lymphatic metastasis
• Tumors > Classification

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The development of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy : a historical perspective / Jan H. Wong -- 2. Role of lymphoscintigraphy for selective sentinel lymphadenectomy / Roger F. Uren, Robert B. Howman-Giles, David Chung and John F. Thompson -- 3. Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for malignant melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma : selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for cutaneous malignancy / Stanley P. L. Leong -- 4. Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer / Charles E. Cox, Elizabeth S. Weinberg, Ben Furman, Laura B. White, Jayesh Patel, Daniel C. Dickson and Jeff King -- 5. Sentinel lymph node mapping in colon and rectal cancer : its impact on staging, limitations, and pitfalls / Sukamal Saha, Adrian G. Dan, Carsten T. Viehl, Markus Zuber and David Wiese -- 6. Sentinel lymph node mapping in esophageal and gastric cancer / Yuko Kitagawa, Hirofumi Fujii, Makio Mukai, Atsushi Kubo and Masaki Kitajima -- 7. Sentinel lymph node mapping in lung cancer / Michael J. Liptay -- 8. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy in urology / Ramon M. Cabanas -- 9. Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for gynecologic cancer / Charles Levenback -- 10. Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma / Jochen A. Werner -- 11. Accurate evaluation of nodal tissues for the presence of tumor is central to the sentinel node approach / Alistair J. Cochran, Alice Roberts, Duan-Ren Wen, Rong-Rong Huang, Eijun Itakura, Frank Luo and Scott W. Binder -- 12. Molecular diagnosis of micrometastasis in the sentinel lymph node / Hiroya Takeuchi, Robert A. Wascher, Christine Kuo, Roderick R. Turner and Dave S. B. Hoon -- 13. Credentialing of nuclear medicine physicians, surgeons, and pathologists as a multidisciplinary team for selective sentinel lymphadenectomy / Masaki Kitajima, Yuko Kitagawa, Hirofumi Fujii, Makio Mukai and Atsushi Kubo -- 14. Selective sentinel lymphadenectomy : progress to date and prospects for the future / John F. Thompson, Roger F. Uren, Richard A. Scolyer and Jonathan R. Stretch.

ISBN

• 0387236031 (alk. paper)
• 038723604X (e-ISBN)

LCCN

2005042506

OCLC

• ocm57557318
• SCSB-5185173

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries