High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Practical Guide for Patient Management

By Chrysalyne Schmults

Book Overview

This book is a cutting-edge resource that provides clinicians with the up-to-date practical knowledge required in order to manage SCC patients optimally. It summarizes newly available information relating to the definition of high-risk SCC, its pathophysiologic underpinnings, and its management. New prognostic information and staging systems are summarized that enable high-risk tumors to be defined more precisely than ever before. Many helpful tips are provided on the practical management of challenging cases, including multiple tumors/field cancerization, high-risk tumors, nodal metastases, and unresectable disease. The authors are all acknowledged experts in the emerging field of high-risk and advanced SCC.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662470802
• ISBN13: 9783662470800
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"