ABSTRACT

Surgical oncology is now a recognized specialty in the US and several European countries, and cancer surgery takes up a significant part of any general surgeon’s workload. This thoroughly updated second edition of this bestseller is officially endorsed as a textbook for the syllabus and curriculum of the UEMS examination in Surgical Oncology, which is administered by ESSO (European Society for Surgical Oncology). The examination is for trainees at the end of training or established consultants seeking to expand their accreditation.

part |2 pages

PART 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ONCOLOGY

chapter 1|14 pages

Cancer epidemiology

chapter 6|6 pages

Intraoperative radiotherapy

chapter 15|8 pages

Surgery for older cancer patients

chapter 16|6 pages

Cancer of unknown primary