Pediatric Surgical Oncology

An interdisciplinary team of pediatric surgeons, radiation oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, and anesthesiologists provides comprehensive, authoritative guidance on diagnosis and management for all solid tumors in children. This unique book covers a full range of surgical techniques, including minimally invasive and vascular access procedures * major radiation oncology modalities (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and molecular methods) * and integrated management approaches. Offers detailed coverage of the latest operative techniques, including separate chapters on minimally invasive surgery and vascular access.Discussions on major radiation oncology methods, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and molecular methods, are focused on use in children and in the specific tumours of childhood. Provides coverage that meets the approved guidelines of many children's cancer groups.Some 15 Chapters are devoted to the integrated management of specific types of solid tumours in children, focusing on the specific diagnostic and therapeutic strategies used in managing cancer in children. Chapters on neonataltumours and on metastatic disease round out the broad-based coverage in this book.