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Mcgraw-Hill Skin Cancer A Comprehensive Guide 1E by Nouri
The most up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancersThe high prevalence of skin cancer makes it crucial that physicians adequately understand the disease and its treatment. Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide provides the vital tools needed to successfully detect and treat this illness–improving patient wellness and survival. Covering the full spectrum of skin cancers, the book provides essential information on diagnosis and treatment options. The text opens with an incisive discussion of both normal and aging skin and the incidences and causes of skin cancer, and is followed by descriptions of the various types of skin cancer and important benign tumors, and the dermatological manifestation of internal malignancy.Skin Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide covers all the topics most important to clinicians and students, including the use of lasers and optical coherence tomography in skin cancer diagnosis, Mohs micrographic surgery, Hyper IgE and hypereosinophilic syndromes, and confocal laser scanning microscopy.Features:Summaries and clinical pearls for each chapterPatient education pointsCase studiesColor illustrationsTreatment procedures for various patient populations, including children and pregnant womenInformation on skin cancer vaccines and chemo-prevention of cancerCoverage of:-Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Malignant Melanoma-Cutaneous Lymphoma and Leukemias-Sarcomas-Sweat Gland Tumors-Vascular Tumors of the Skin-Eyelid, Oral, and Genital Cancers-Paget’s disease-HPV Associated Skin Cancers-Skin Cancer in Transplant and HIV Patients-Non-Melanoma and Melanoma Skin Cancers