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Nuclear Oncology

From Pathophysiology to Clinical Applications

  • Constitutes a valuable reference work for nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, medical and surgical oncologists and others
  • Discusses the role of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients with specific cancers
  • Considers the incidence and clinical aspects of the disease and the use of nuclear imaging
  • Describes radionuclide procedures within an integrated framework, thereby identifying the information required for effective treatment of specific tumors
  • Supports learning through a series of cases that define and expand the didactic material in the clinical application chapters
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (78 entries)

  1. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine

    1. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Thyroid Tumors

      • Rossella Elisei, Laura Agate, Sara Mazzarri, Valeria Bottici, Federica Guidoccio, Eleonora Molinaro et al.
      Pages 545-583
    2. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Parathyroid Tumors

      • Federica Guidoccio, Sara Mazzarri, Salvatore Mazzeo, Giuliano Mariani
      Pages 585-612
    3. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Breast Cancer

      • Marsha Camilla Lynch, Jean H. Lee, David A. Mankoff
      Pages 613-637
    4. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Lung and Mediastinal Tumors

      • Elite Arnon, Thida Win, Ora Israel, Ludmila Guralnik, Simona Ben-Haim
      Pages 639-684
    5. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Esophageal Cancers

      • Christopher G. Sakellis, Heather A. Jacene, Annick D. Van den Abbeele
      Pages 685-696
    6. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Gastric Cancers

      • Christopher G. Sakellis, Heather A. Jacene, Annick D. Van den Abbeele
      Pages 697-708
    7. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

      • Christopher G. Sakellis, Heather A. Jacene, Annick D. Van den Abbeele
      Pages 709-723
    8. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tract

      • Mustafa Raoof, Steven M. Larson, Yuman Fong
      Pages 725-747
    9. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Pancreatic Cancer

      • Elena Tabacchi, Cristina Nanni, Irene Bossert, Anna Margherita Maffione, Stefano Fanti
      Pages 749-775
    10. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Colorectal Cancer

      • Ettore Pelosi, Désirée Deandreis, Laura Cassalia, Daniele Penna
      Pages 777-797
    11. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Neuroendocrine Tumors

      • Lisa Bodei, Mark Kidd, Laura Gilardi, Duccio Volterrani, Giovanni Paganelli, Chiara M. Grana et al.
      Pages 799-838
    12. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Prostatic Cancer

      • Emilio Bombardieri, Maria Grazia Sauta, Lucia Setti, Roberta Meroni, Gianluigi Ciocia, Laura Evangelista
      Pages 883-923
    13. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Testicular Cancer

      • Abedallatif AlSharif, Serena Chiacchio, Giampiero Giovacchini
      Pages 925-942
    14. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Penile Cancer

      • Serena Chiacchio, Abedallatif AlSharif, Zia Saad, Giampiero Giovacchini, Jamshed Bomanji
      Pages 943-958
    15. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Vulvar Cancer

      • Sonia Mahajan, Weining Ma, Neeta Pandit-Taskar
      Pages 959-978
    16. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Uterine Cancers

      • Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Sonia Mahajan, Weining Ma
      Pages 979-1020
    17. Diagnostic Applications of Nuclear Medicine: Ovarian Cancer

      • Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Sonia Mahajan, Weining Ma
      Pages 1021-1046

About this book

This book discusses the role of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients with specific cancers. It presents the incidence, pathophysiologic and clinical aspects of the disease, the use of nuclear imaging in diagnosis, staging requirements, management of specific tumors, and surveillance after primary treatment of cancers. It addresses the various diagnostic/therapeutic options that are currently available or are most likely to become available in the near future according to a prioritized approach, thereby keeping to a minimum the number of diagnostic imaging procedures the patient is expected to undergo.       

Topics include basic science, clinical applications, radionuclide therapy, radioguided surgery, heart disease in the cancer patient, and adverse effects of cancer therapy. Each clinical chapter discusses the radionuclide procedures within an integrated framework, thereby identifying the information required for effective treatment of specific tumors. The book concludes with a series of cases that define and expand the didactic material in the  clinical application chapters. Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition incorporates advances in imaging and therapy and features the  current staging guidelines of the American Joint Committee on Cancer. 

With contributions from a group of internationally distinguished practitioners, Nuclear Oncology: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Applications, Second Edition, is a valuable reference for nuclear medicine physicians, radiologists, medical and surgical oncologists, and other clinicians involved in the care and management of cancer patients.

Reviews

“The book is of high quality, is well written, and is also easily understandable in its discussion of difficult issues. The book is mainly addressed to specialists in imaging, radiotherapy, cancer surgery, and oncology, but also to students and residents interested in the topic. … we warmly recommend this book due to the high value of the contributions, which will be regularly updated to take account of future developments.” (Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 45, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    H. William Strauss, Steven M. Larson

  • University of Pisa, Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Pisa, Italy

    Giuliano Mariani, Duccio Volterrani

About the editors

H. William Strauss, MD, currently serves as an Attending Physician on the Nuclear Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital in New York City. He joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering/Cornell faculty and staff in 2001, following 30 years of faculty, clinical and research appointments in radiology at the medical schools and teaching hospitals of Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Stanford and Cornell University medical centers. Dr. Strauss is one of the pioneers in the field of cardiovascular nuclear medicine and is internationally recognized for his work in that area. He is a past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, former editor of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and sits on the editorial boards of that journal and six other juried publications.  

Giuliano Mariani, MD, Professor and Former Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Director of Specialty School of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy. He is the author/co-author of over 300 original articles in peer-reviewed journals and 72 chapters in books and editor/co-editor of 14 books. His professional and scientific interests span all aspects of nuclear medicine, both diagnostic and therapeutic applications, with special emphasis on nuclear oncology.



Duccio Volterrani, MD, is Associate Professor, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, and Director of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy. 


Steven M. Larson, MD, is Attending Physician and Head of the Nuclear Medicine Research Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. His clinical interests focus on the use of positron emission tomography for diagnostic and molecular imaging and he has special expertise in the care and management of patients who receive radiotargeted therapy, particularly for thyroid cancer.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nuclear Oncology

  • Book Subtitle: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Applications

  • Editors: H. William Strauss, Giuliano Mariani, Duccio Volterrani, Steven M. Larson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26236-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26236-9Published: 27 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 1962

  • Number of Illustrations: 210 b/w illustrations, 782 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Oncology

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

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