Practical Management of Skin Cancer [Hardcover]

Ronald L. Moy (Author), Ostad (Author), Toheri (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0397516045 | ISBN-13: 978-0397516049 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999

Featuring more than 200 full-color illustrations, this highly practical volume provides detailed guidelines for diagnosing and treating various skin cancers. Particular emphasis is on the more common forms of premalignant and malignant lesions, including actinic keratosis, Bowen disease, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma and its subtypes. For each type of cancer, the authors provide complete information on clinical features, pathogenesis, histopathology, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and prognosis. The book describes a variety of diagnostic methods, including shave biopsy and punch biopsy, and discusses all available treatments, including micrographic surgery, electrodesiccation and curettage, surgical excision, cryosurgery, intralesional therapy, and radiation. Close attention is given to surgical anatomy, proper use of surgical instruments, suturing techniques, postoperative wound care, common complications, and hazardous pitfalls

Product Details

• Hardcover: 194 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0397516045
• ISBN-13: 978-0397516049
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,842,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best skin cancer book available, March 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Practical Management of Skin Cancer (Hardcover)

Outstanding material, concise and to the point, a wealth of knowledge. very helpful for primary care doctors and well as all other specialties in providing a fairly in-depth review of the different types of skin cancer and their management.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite good, July 21, 2003

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Muzaffer Muctehitzade "hacibey" (Boston, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical Management of Skin Cancer (Hardcover)

It tells you how to make the operations, some physiology about skin cancer and a lot of pictures but there is no explanation on pictures that would clarify why exactly that picture classifies as certain type of skin cancer. You have to make your own theory.
I wished author put two comparable pictures together and mahe differential diagnosis side by side.