Diagnosis & Surgery of Organ Metastases

Contributors in radiology and oncology, all from Budapest, Hungary, summarize several decades of experience in the field of diagnosis and surgical treatment of the most frequent organ metastases (lung, liver, brain, and skeletal system) . Eleven chapters cover areas including the clinicopathology of tumor metastases, the examination of thoracic metastases with imaging methods, surgical treatment of hepatic metastases, and diagnostics and surgery of bone metastases. Other subjects are diagnosis and surgical therapy of spinal metastases, diagnostics of cerebral metastases, and surgical treatment of central nervous system metastatic tumors. Includes many b&w images. The editor is affiliated with the National Institute of Oncology, Hungary. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)