This superbly illustrated text is a must-have clinical companion for any dermatology practice. Skin Cancer carefully takes you through every important step in the diagnosis and clinical management of skin cancer conditions.

Skin Cancer begins with an incisive discussion of both normal and aging skin, and the incidences and causes of skin cancer.

The next section gives thorough look at all types of skin cancer-followed by a section on treating cancer in various patient populations, including non-white populations, children, and pregnant women.

The book concludes with in-depth sections on skin cancer prevention-covering critical topics such as skin cancer vaccines and chemoprevention of skin cancer-in addition to the medicolegal and economic issues related to skin cancer.

Features:

• The complete A-to-Z guide to skin cancer, offering a clear understanding of skin cancer epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, future directions, and medicolegal and psychosocial aspects
• More than 450 illustrations
• State-of-the-art coverage of biopsy techniques, dermoscopy and mole mapping, surgical excision, reconstructive surgery of eye lid cancers and skin cancer defects, and more
• Consistent outlines of chapters within a section that summarize chapter material
• Key points that introduce the start of each major section within a chapter
• Numerous easy-to-use tables and boxes

Contents

Section 1: Cancers and Tumors

1. Normal skin
2. Aging skin
3. Epidemiology of skin cancer
4. Etiology of skin cancer
5. The genetic basis of common forms of skin cancer
6. Basal cell carcinomas
7. Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
8. Congenital melanocytic nevi
9. Spitz tumors and variants
10. Atypical melanocytic nevi
11. Malignant melanoma
12. Cutaneous lymphomas and leukemias
13. Merkel cell carcinomas
14. Fibrohistiocytic tumors
15. Sarcomas
16. Sweat gland tumors
17. Sebaceous carcinoma
18. Hair follicle tumors
19. Tumors of the nail unit
20. Vascular tumors of the skin
21. Kaposi sarcoma
22. Eyelid cancers
23. Oral cancer
24. Genital cancers
25. Paget's disease
26. HPV-associated skin cancers
27. Cutaneous metastases
28. Skin cancer in transplant patients
29. Skin cancers in HIV patients
30. Nonmelanoma skin cancers in non-white populations
31. Melanoma in non-white populations
32. Skin cancer and pregnancy
33. Skin cancer in pediatric population
34. Syndromes associated with skin cancers
35. Dermatologic manifestations of internal malignancy

Section 2: Techniques and Treatments

36. Biopsy techniques
37. Dermoscopy and mole
38. The role of sentinel lymph-node biopsy in skin cancer management
39. Surgical excision
40. Mohs micrographic surgery
41. Reconstructive surgery of eyelid cancers
42. Reconstructive surgery of skin cancer defects
43. Cryosurgery
44. Curettage and electrodesiccation
45. Lasers in skin cancer diagnosis: highlights of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy
46. Photodynamic therapy
47. Radiation therapy
48. Immunomodulators for skin cancer
49. Topical 5-fluorouracil
50. NSAIDs for the treatment of skin cancer
51. Chemotherapy and other adjuvant therapies for treatment of skin cancer
52. Skin cancer vaccines
53. Chemoprevention of skin cancer
54. Natural ingredients and biomolecules for the treatment of skin cancer
55. Skin cancer prevention and sunscreens

Section 3: Related Issues and Frontiers

56. Photography of skin cancers
57. New approaches in the diagnosis of skin cancer
58. Teledermatology
59. Medicines and therapies associated with skin cancer
60. Indoor tanning
61. Economics of skin cancer
62. Medical legal issues of skin cancer
63. Psychosocial aspects of skin cancer
64. Education and public awareness of skin cancer
65. Online resources for skin cancer

Index

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