Imaging in Oncology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blake, Michael A. (Editor), Kalra, Mannudeep K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 143
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Imaging in Oncology consists of scholarly reviews that describe the role of imaging in oncology for diagnosis, follow-up and image guided interventions. Experts in various fields of radiology have contributed to this book. The contents are organized into several sections based on the primary site of...

Table of Contents:

• Section I
• Anatomic, Physiologic and Metabolic Imaging in Neuro-Oncology
• Imaging of Spinal Tumors
• PET Imaging of Brain Tumors
• Extracranial Head and Neck Neoplasms: Role of Imaging
• Section II
• Imaging of Thoracic Malignancies
• Imaging of Mediastinal Tumors
• Imaging Cardiac Tumors
• Section III
• Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions of Hepatobiliary Malignancies
• Recent Advances in Imaging of Pancreatic Neoplasms
• Imaging of Colorectal Carcinoma
• Imaging of Primary Malignant Tumors of Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Origin
• Imaging of Urinary Tract Tumors
• Current Status of Imaging for Adrenal Malignant Involvement
• Recent Advances in Imaging of Male Reproductive Tract Malignancies
• Section IV
• Imaging of Malignant Skeletal Tumors
• Radiology of Soft Tissue Tumors Including Melanoma
• Section V
• Reticuloendothelium Malignancy: Current Role of Imaging
• Pediatric Malignancies: Synopsis of Current Imaging Techniques
• Interventional Radiology in Oncology
• Section VI
• Breast Tumor Imaging
• Erratum.