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Mediastinal Tumors

Update 1995

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Editors:
  1. Douglas E. Wood

    1. Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, SA-25, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  2. Charles R. Thomas

    1. Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08 Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)

Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Diagnosis of Mediastinal Masses

    • Johanne LeBlanc, Douglas E. Wood
    Pages 1-10

  3. Thymoma: Surgical Management

    • Earle W. Wilkins Jr.
    Pages 11-18

  4. Thymoma: Radiation and Chemotherapy

    • Wui-Jin Koh, Patrick J. Loehrer Sr., Charles R. Thomas Jr.
    Pages 19-25

  5. Mediastinal Lymphomas

    • Stephen H. Petersdorf
    Pages 27-35

  6. Benign Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors

    • Mark S. Allen
    Pages 37-42

  7. Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum

    • Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Douglas J. Mathisen
    Pages 43-47

  8. Primary Mediastinal Seminoma

    • Richard F. Heitmiller, William J. Marasco
    Pages 49-54

  9. Endocrine Tumors of the Mediastinum

    • Thomas S. Reeve, Leigh Delbridge
    Pages 55-62

  10. Mediastinal Paragangliomas

    • Robert B. Lee, Joseph I. Miller Jr.
    Pages 63-70

  11. Neurogenic Tumors of the Mediastinum

    • John C. Wain
    Pages 71-78

  12. Cardiac Neoplasms

    • Charles R. Thomas Jr., Brent De Vries, Jacob D. Bitran, Thomas W. Griffin
    Pages 79-85

  13. Tracheal Tumors

    • Douglas E. Wood
    Pages 87-93

  14. Mesenchymal Tumors of the Mediastinum

    • Jonathan Somers, L. Penfield Faber
    Pages 95-110

  15. Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Mediastinum

    • Shafique Keshavjee, Robert J. Ginsberg
    Pages 111-116

  16. The Role of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors

    • Mack Roach III, Srinivasan Vijayakumar
    Pages 117-123

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 125-133
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Primary mediastinal tumors are relatively rare. The relative incidence of these tumors indicates that neurogenic tumors are the most common tumor seen constituting 21 % of all cases, thymomas 19%, lymphomas 12.5%, germ cell tumors 10%, primary carcinomas 4.6%, mesenchymal tumors 6%, endocrine tumors 6%, cysts 18%. In adults, the majority of thyroid tumors, thymomas, mediastinal germ cell tumors and teratomas are located in the superior and anterior mediastinum. Of the neurogenic tumors 18% are located in the posterior mediastinum, and 50% of mediastinal lymphomas are in the middle mediastinum. In adults, the incidence of anterosuperior, middle and posterior mediastinal tumors is about 54%, 20% and 26% respectively. However, in children the posterior mediastinum contains 63% of the lesions, the anterior mediastinum contains 26% and the middle mediastinum II %. The majority of the tumors are benign in character with a ratio of benign to malig­ nant of about 60 to 40. The relative incidence of malignant mediastinal tumors in children is about 50%. Even though mediastinal tumors are not common, they represent a unique problem with regards to treatment whether by surgery, radiation therapy and/or systemically administered chemotherapy. The volume by WOOD and THOMAS deals with each of these issues in detail and presents a logical and important approach to the management of mediastinal tumors.

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"...prescribed reading for all those interested in thoracic oncology" - Clinical Oncology

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, SA-25, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Douglas E. Wood

  • Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08 Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Charles R. Thomas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mediastinal Tumors

  • Book Subtitle: Update 1995

  • Editors: Douglas E. Wood, Charles R. Thomas

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79426-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-79428-5Published: 14 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-79426-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 131

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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