Imaging in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Cancer

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Chapter Outline TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS Conventional Radiography Ultrasound Computed Tomography Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nuclear Medicine STAGING CONSIDERATIONS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS Supratentorial Tumors Midline Supratentorial Tumors Infratentorial Tumors PULMONARY AND INTRATHORACIC…

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Tumors of the Brain and Spinal Cord

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Chapter Outline EPIDEMIOLOGY NEURODEVELOPMENT Neural Tube Development of Brain Structures Cancer Stem Cells Genetic and Signaling Pathways Implicated in Development and in Pediatric Tumors CONCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS…

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Nonrhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Other Soft Tissue Tumors

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Chapter Outline EPIDEMIOLOGY PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION STAGING AND GRADING TREATMENT Local Control Chemotherapy GENERAL BIOLOGIC FEATURES ADIPOCYTIC TUMORS FIBROBLASTIC AND MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMORS Desmoid Tumor Infantile Myofibroma/Myofibromatosis and Hemangiopericytoma Infantile Fibrosarcoma…

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Cytogenetic and Molecular Pathology of Pediatric Cancer

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Chapter Outline CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR METHODOLOGIES Karyotyping Molecular Cytogenetics Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Molecular Assays Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Profiling Assays Next-Generation Sequencing and Other Techniques GENOMIC…

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Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors

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Chapter Outline DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMLINE Specification of Primordial Germ Cells Primordial Germ Cell Migration Erasure of Imprinting Gonadogenesis HISTOPATHOLOGY OF GERM CELL TUMORS Overview of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors…

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Rare Tumors of Childhood

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Chapter Outline OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA Epidemiology Presentation Staging and Evaluation Treatment THYROID CARCINOMA Epidemiology Pathology and Molecular Pathology Clinical Presentation and Staging Treatment and Outcome BREAST TUMORS PULMONARY TUMORS…

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Oncologic Emergencies

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Chapter Outline ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASSES Definition Clinical Presentation Evaluation and Imaging Treatment Conclusions SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION Clinical Presentation Evaluation and Imaging Treatment Late Effects HYPERLEUKOCYTOSIS AND LEUKOSTASIS Definition Pathogenesis Clinical…

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Osteosarcoma

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Chapter Outline EPIDEMIOLOGY ETIOLOGY CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION Clinical Manifestations Radiologic Evaluation Biopsy Laboratory Evaluation PATHOLOGY AND STAGING Pathology Staging NATURAL HISTORY AND PROGNOSIS Localized Disease Metastatic and Relapsed Disease…

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