Course Description
Selected Readings in General Surgery is a nonprofit surgical education publication from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Agenda
This course contains two issues: Melanoma and Head & Neck Cancer, and Genitourinary and Gynecologic Tumors. These issues are an excellent source of preparation for board certification and an excellent residency reading program. Each 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:
EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, AND PATHOGENESIS
OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA, DIAGNOSIS OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA, STAGING OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA, TREATMENT OF PRIMARY MELANOMA—
MARGINS OF EXCISION, SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY IN CUTANEOUS MELANOMA PATIENTS, REGIONAL LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR
METASTATIC CUTANEOUS MELANOMA, ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY FOR CUTANEOUS MELANOMA, ISOLATED LIMB PERFUSION FOR LOCOREGIONAL RECURRENT MELANOMA, ANORECTAL MELANOMA, SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ADVANCED (STAGE IV) MELANOMA, MEDICAL TREATMENT OF MELANOMA, MELANOMA DURING PREGNANCY, TREATMENT OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ORAL CAVITY, NECK DISSECTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER, TECHNIQUES OF NECK DISSECTION, ORGAN PRESERVATION IN PATIENTS WITH SQUAMOUS CANCERS OF THE HEAD AND NECK, NEW RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES FOR
HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER, PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND POSTTREATMENT
COURSE OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER, EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT
CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY WITH AN UNKNOWN PRIMARY TUMOR, MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER
Issue #2 contains:
PROSTATE CANCER—EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS, SCREENING FOR PROSTATE CANCER, NATURAL HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER, DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF PROSTATE CANCER, TREATMENT OF LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER, TREATMENT OF ADVANCED (RECURRENT) PROSTATE CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER, CANCER OF THE UTERINE CERVIX, PELVIC EXENTERATION FOR CANCER OF THE CERVIX,
ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER,
AND OTHER RARER PELVIC NEOPLASMS, CANCER OF THE ENDOMETRIUM (UTERINE CANCER), UTERINE LEIOMYOSARCOMA, RENAL CANCER AND BLADDER CANCER, TESTICULAR CANCER, CARCINOMAS OF THE EXTERNAL GENITALIA