One person is estimated to die every hour from skin cancer, and the incidence rate of skin cancer is increasing worldwide. A large number of deaths from skin cancer are preventable if the problem is diagnosed early enough. Cancer of the Skin provides a comprehensive overview of skin cancers, from their underlying biology to the clinical features of disease, diagnosis and therapy. The book has been created by a multi-disciplinary, international team of some of world's leading experts on this important topic.
Part One: Basic Skin Cancer Biology and Epidemiology
1 Biology of Skin Cancer - Isaiah Fidler
2 Genetic Basis of Skin Cancer - Steven S Fakharzadeh
3 The Biology of the Melanocyte - Julie V Schaffer & Jean
Bolognia
4 Epidemiology of Skin Cancer - Melody J Eide & Martin A
Weinstock
5 Etiological Factors in Skin Cancers: Environmental and
Biological - Noah Scheinfeld & Vincent A DeLeo
6 Photoprotection for Skin Cancer Prevention - Mark F Naylor &
Darrell S Rigel
7 The Importance of Primary and Secondary Prevention Programs
for Skin Cancer - June K Robinson
Part Two: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers
8 Precursors of Keratinocytic Epidermal Malignancies - Jeffrey P
Callen
9 Basal Cell Carcinoma - John Maize & Pearon G Lang
10 Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Tri H Nguyen & Jaeyoung Joon
11 Bowenoid Papulosis - Marti Jill Rothe & Jane M Grant-Kels
12 Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - Stefania Jablonska &
Slavomir Majewski
Part Three: Melanoma
13 The Many Faces of Melanoma - Darrell S Rigel
14 The Importance of Early Detection - Physician & Self
Examination - Robert J Friedman
15 Factors Influencing Survival in Melanoma Patients - Benjamin
A Solky, Hensin Tsao & Arthur J Sober
16 Dysplastic Nevi - Thomas G Salopek & Robert J Friedman
17 Congenital Nevi - Ashraf A Marghoob
18 Pathology of Melanoma: New Concepts - Clay J Cockerell
19 Management of the Patient with Melanoma - Carol Huang & Allan
C Halpern
20 Pregnancy and Melanoma - Caron M Grin & Marcia S Driscoll
21 Genetic Testing for Melanoma - Sancy Leachman
Part Four: Other Cancers of the Skin and related issues
22 Adnexal Cancers of the Skin - Rebecca Lintner & Babar Rao
23 Paget's Disease - George Niedt
24 Sarcoma of the Skin - David Guillen
25 Merkel Cell Carcinoma - Gina Taylor, Darren Mollick & Edward
R Heilman
26 Vascular Neoplasms - Thomas Brenn, Phillip McKee & Martin
Mihm
27 Cutaneous Neoplasms Associated with AIDS - Alvin Friedman-
Kien & clay J Cockerell
28 Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas (Mycosis Fungiodes) - Ken Hymes
29 Genetic Disorders Predisposing to Malignancy - Karina
Gritsenko & Mark Lebwohl
30 Internal Cancers Metastatic to the Skin - Bruce H Thiers,
Jeffrey P Callen & Leander Cannick
31 Spitz Nevi - Les Rosen & Ed Heilman
32 Keratoacanthoma - Molly Chartier, Marti Jill Rothe & Jane
Grant-Kels
33 Pseudolymphoma of the Skin - Helmut Kerl & Lorenzo Cerroni
34 Cutaneous Carcinogenesis Related to Dermatologic Therapy -
Eric Berkowitz & Mark Lebwohl
Part Five: New Approaches to Diagnosis
35 Epiluminescence Microscopy in Melanoma - Giuseppe Argenziano,
Iris Zalaudek & Robert H Johr
36 Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Skin Cancer - Steven Q Wang,
Harold Rabinovitz & Margaret Oliviero
37 ConFocal Microscopy - Salvador Gonzalez, Agniesszka Niemeyer
& Abel Torres
Part Six: Therapeutic Considerations in the Management of
Patients with Cancer of the Skin
38 Biopsy Techniques - Ken K Lee & Annalisa Gorman & Neil A
Swanson
39 Curettage and Electrodessication - Glenn D Goldman
40 Cryosurgery - Gloria Graham & Christopher M Scott
41 Immune Response Modulators in the Treatment of Skin Cancer -
Brian Berman & Adriana M Villa
42 Photodynamic Therapy in Skin Cancer - Colin A Morton
43 Laser Surgery in Skin Cancer Therapy - Laurie Jacobsen & Roy
G Geronemus
44 Mohs Microsurgery for Skin Cancer - David Brodland & Greg
Bricca
45 Surgical Excision for Skin Cancer - Daihung Do & Gary S
Rogers
46 Lymph Node Surgery in Skin Cancer - Douglas R Reintgen, James
Jakub & Solange Pendas
47 Reconstructive Surgery for Skin Cancer - Shan Baker
48 Radiotherapy for Skin Cancer - Jay S Cooper
49 Vaccine Therapy for melanoma - Jean-Claude Bystryn
50 Topical Chemotherapy - Roger I Ceilley
51 Skin Cancer in the Transplant Patient - John A Carucci
52 Adjuvant therapy with interferon - Stergios Moschos & John
Kirkwood
53 Treatment of disseminated skin cancer - Andrew Pippas &
Douglas R Reintgen
Part Seven: Other Aspects of Skin Cancer
54 Skin cancer effects of tanning salons - James M Spencer
55 Photographic documentation in skin cancer - William Slue
56 Medical Legal Aspects of Skin Cancer Patients - Abel Torres
