Dorfman and Czerniak's Bone Tumors (Online and Print)

Description

The second edition of Dorfman and Czerniak's Bone Tumors brings together the latest data available on bone tumor pathology, making it the most comprehensive and encyclopedic reference on the epidemiology, clinical, pathologic, and molecular aspects of bone tumors. Now offered in full color and featuring updated imaging throughout, this one-of-a-kind resource provides a highly visual review of every disorder - from the common to the rare.

Key Features

• Features comprehensive coverage of bone tumor pathology based on pathologic and clinical data on 11,500 benign and malignant bone tumors from patients treated at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
• High-quality full-color images located throughout the text.
• Completely up-to-date molecular and genetic information is based on the most current genomic databases.

New to this Edition

• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and images from the book on a variety of devices.
• Four brand-new chapters cover Radiographic Imaging of Bone Tumors; Hematopoetic Tumors; Neural Tumors; and Metastic Tumors of Bone.
• Includes information on molecular and genetic aspects of bone tumors from the UCSC Genome Browser, the Catologue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer, and the GeneCards Database of human genes.
• Features comprehensive data from nearly 30,000 benign and malignant primary bone tumors and tumor-like lesions from different sources, including over 8,400 malignant bone tumors from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result project.
• Provides an enhanced visual understanding with updated radiographic imaging and new full-color, high-quality photomicrographs.
• Updated Molecular and Epidemiologic diagrams added to all new chapters.

Table of Contents

General Consideration
Clinicoradiologic Recognition Patterns
Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors
Benign Osteoblastic Lesions
Osteosarcoma
Benign Cartilage Tumors
Malignant Cartilage Tumors
Fibroosseous Lesions
Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions
Giant-Cell Lesions
Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Entities
Immunohematopoietic Tumors
Vascular Lesions
Neurogenous Tumors and Neurofibromatosis Affecting Bone
Cystic Lesions
Miscellaneous Mesenchymal Tumors
Adamantinoma of Long Bone
Chordoma and Related Lesions
Metastic Tumors in Bone
Synovial Lesions
Sclerosing Bone Lesions
Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia and Rickets
Reactive and Metabolic Conditions Simulating Neoplasms of Bone
Precancerous Conditions

Author

By Bogdan Czerniak, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA