Dorfman and Czerniak's Bone Tumors

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    Four brand-new chapters cover Radiographic Imaging of Bone Tumors; Hematopoetic Tumors; Neural Tumors; and Metastic Tumors of Bone.
    Includes information on molecular and genetic aspects of bone tumors from the UCSC Genome Browser, the Catologue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer, and the GeneCards Database of human genes.
    Features comprehensive data from nearly 30,000 benign and malignant primary bone tumors and tumor-like lesions from different sources, including over 8,400 malignant bone tumors from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Result project.
    Provides an enhanced visual understanding with updated radiographic imaging and new full-color, high-quality photomicrographs.
    Updated Molecular and Epidemiologic diagrams added to all new chapters.

Preceded by Bone tumors / Howard D. Dorfman, Bogdan Czerniak. c1998.

Table of Contents:

    General Consideration

    Clinicoradiologic Recognition Patterns

    Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors

    Benign Osteoblastic Lesions

    Osteosarcoma

    Benign Cartilage Tumors

    Malignant Cartilage Tumors

    Fibroosseous Lesions

    Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions

    Giant-Cell Lesions

    Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Entities

    Immunohematopoietic Tumors

    Vascular Lesions

    Neurogenous Tumors and Neurofibromatosis Affecting Bone

    Cystic Lesions

    Miscellaneous Mesenchymal Tumors

    Adamantinoma of Long Bone

    Chordoma and Related Lesions

    Metastic Tumors in Bone

    Synovial Lesions

    Sclerosing Bone Lesions

    Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia and Rickets

    Reactive and Metabolic Conditions Simulating Neoplasms of Bone

    Precancerous Conditions