Hepatobiliary Cancer
Fig. 5.1 A large HCC in a 75-year-old HCV-positive patient treated by selective internal radiation treatment (SIRT). (a) Angiographic image during SIRT. (b) CT after SIRT. (c) The specimen after…
ONCOLOGY
Pulmonary Malignancies
Fig. 15.1 The da VinciTM robotic system (courtesy of Surgical Intuitive, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) Instruments EndoWrist instruments are designed to provide surgeons with natural dexterity and a full range…
Hematologic Malignancies of Surgical Interest and Splenic Tumors
Fig. 11.1 The four temperaments—(from left to right) choleric, melancholic, sanguine and phlegmatic— on the wall of a house at the corner of Am Dornbusch and Eschersheimer Landstraße in Dornbusch,…
New Knowledge in the Diagnosis and Medical Treatment of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Fig. 9.1 Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: stage at diagnosis Histological Features and World Health Organization (WHO) Classification 2010 Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are considered to be epithelial neoplasms with neuroendocrine differentiation. However,…
Colon Cancer
Primary tumor (T) TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor Tis Carcinoma in situ: intra-epithelial or invasion of lamina propria T1 Tumor invades submucosa T2…
Cancers of Unknown Origin
Andrea Valeri, Carlo Bergamini, Ferdinando Agresta and Jacopo Martellucci (eds.)What’s New in Surgical OncologyA Guide for Surgeons in Training and Medical/Radiation Oncologists10.1007/978-88-470-5310-6_17 © Springer-Verlag Italia 2013 17. Cancers of Unknown Origin Fabio Cesare Campanile3 , Gian Luca Baiocchi1, Nereo Vettoretto4 and Ferdinando Agresta2 (1)…
Gastric Malignancies
Andrea Valeri, Carlo Bergamini, Ferdinando Agresta and Jacopo Martellucci (eds.)What’s New in Surgical OncologyA Guide for Surgeons in Training and Medical/Radiation Oncologists10.1007/978-88-470-5310-6_2 © Springer-Verlag Italia 2013 2. Gastric Malignancies Domenico Garcea2, Andrea Rinnovati1 and Paolo Morgagni2 (1) General Surgery Unit,…
What’s New in Surgery for Kidney Cancer?
Patient number RECIST PFS (months) Survival (months) SLTS (%) Primary (%) Metastates (%) Overall (%) Overall 1 -9 -9 4 -1 SD 10 18+ 2 – – – – –…
Carcinomas of the Rectum and Anus
Phase II trials N. Design RT dose CR Median F/U 3 yr DFS 3 yr CFS OS RTOG-0529 phase II completed accrual March 2008 63 5FU 1000 mg/m2 days 1–4…
Surgical Emergencies in Cancer Patients
17. Valle M, Federici O, Garofalo A (2012) Patient selection for cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, and role of laparoscopy in diagnosis, staging, and treatment. Surg Oncol Clin N…
