Course Description
Selected Readings in General Surgery is a nonprofit surgical education publication from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Agenda
The General Oncology/Lymphomas & Sarcomas issue is an excellent source of preparation for board certification and an excellent reading program. The issue contains an overview, a bibliography, a quiz, and a limited number of article reprints. To learn more, contact us at 800.631.0033 or visit our website. Our mission is to provide low-cost surgical education to residency programs, medical missionaries, and practicing surgical personnel around the world.
ISSUE #1 CONTAINS:
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION, EFFECTS OF DIET AND OBESITY ON THE RISK OF CANCER, GENETIC AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF CANCER, HEREDITARY CANCER, SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER, CANCER TREATMENT—GENERAL ASPECTS, CANCER TREATMENT—CHEMOTHERAPY, GENE THERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY IN RELATION TO RADIOTHERAPY, CLINICAL TRIALS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, NEOADJUVANT AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE, CHEMOTHERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH CARCINOMAS AT UNKNOWN SITES, VENOUS ACCESS FOR CHEMOTHERAPY, COMPLICATIONS OF ADJUVANT CANCER THERAPY, HYPERCALCEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, IMAGING ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR RESPONSE TO CHEMOTHERAPY OR RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY, IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER, TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS BY VIRAL ONCOLYSIS, DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN CANCER PATIENTS, ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
Issue #2 contains:
RADIOTHERAPY OF MALIGNANT TUMORS—
GENERAL ASPECTS, NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER, MANAGEMENT OF BONE METASTASIS, SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA—GENERAL ASPECTS, DIAGNOSIS OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, IMAGING OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, CLASSIFICATION, GRADING, STAGING, AND PROGNOSIS OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, AMPUTATION FOR SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, INTERNAL HEMIPELVECTOMY FOR PELVIC SARCOMAS, RETROPERITONEAL SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, OUTCOME AND SURVEILLANCE AFTER TREATMENT
OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS, RESECTION OF OSTEOSARCOMAS, SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS IN CHILDREN, KAPOSI SARCOMA, NEUROBLASTOMA, LYMPHOMAS, PALLIATIVE CARE, CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT, ANOREXIA AND CACHEXIA IN CANCER PATIENTS