Published August, 2011
By Charisse Litchman
Publisher: Springer
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Desmoid Tumors (DT), also called Aggressive Fibromatoses, are a rare fibroblastic proliferative disease, with an incidence of 2 to 4 new cases per million people per year. The role of advocacy groups in supporting research and in promoting awareness of rare diseases such as DT will be outlined.

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Published August, 2011
By Steven A. Vasilev, Scott E. Lentz, Allison E. Axtell and SA Vasilev
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This is the only reference and textbook of its kind to cover perioperative and supportive care in gynecologic oncology within the framework of evidence-based medicine.

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Published July, 2011
By David Madoff, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Masato Nagino, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, David C Madoff and Takaaki Ito
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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This book examines theoretical advantages and clinical implications of venous embolization techniques, including portal vein and hepatic vein embolization. It offers a useful survey of basic research in the fascinating area of liver regeneration physiology.

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Published July, 2011
By Paulo M. Hoff, James C. Yao and Ana O. Hoff
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Current Clinical Oncology
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This book offers insight into an intriguing group of rare cancers, examining a surge of recent advances in genetics and molecular biology, and offering instruction in new modalities of treatment. Coverage includes chemotherapy, surgical management, and more.

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Published July, 2011
By Stanley W. Ashley, R. Matteotti, S.M. Ashley, J.M. Becker and Ronald Matteotti
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology is aimed at the minimal invasive surgeon as well as at the general surgeon and surgical trainee who wish to explore this field. The book serves as an operative guide for a new generation of surgeons and offers the extraordinary feature being a text book, an operative atlas and a quick reference guide as well.

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Published July, 2011
By Faiz M. Khan, John Gibbons, Dimitris Mihalidis, Hassaan Alkhatib, John P. Gibbons and Dimitris Mihailidis
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Published July, 2011
By Frederick L. Greene
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Focuses on Surgical Oncology in the Community Cancer Center. This title explores topics on Sarcoma Management, Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, Multidisciplinary Clinics and the Surgeon's Role in the Hospital Cancer Program, Breast Cancer Care in the Community Cancer Center, Lumpectomy versus Mastectomy Rates in the Community Setting, and more.

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Published June, 2011
By Jacques Bernier
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Coverage is given to progress in a variety of clinical settings, including programs of organ and function preservation, curative treatments, unresectable disease, adjuvant treatments in high-risk patients, and recurrent/metastatic disease.

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Published May, 2011
By Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, E.N. Liatsikos, Ingolf A. Turk and Evangelos N. Liatsikos
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Operative urology has evolved in recent years to include laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical procedures, which have resulted in significant improvements in quality of life-related outcome.

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Published April, 2011
By Frederick L. Greene, Stephen B. Edge, David R. Byrd, Michael A. Carducci, Carolyn C. Compton, April G. Fritz, Andrea Trotti, Andrew Trotti and Stephen Edge
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Culled from the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual prepared by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, this seventh edition of the handbook contains the complete text of the manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability.

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