Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa (ACS ATLAS OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY) 1st Edition (2001) by Devron H. Char PDF

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American Cancer Society Atlas of Clinical Oncology ACS Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa is an authoritative and comprehensive colour atlas that will serve the resource needs of the student and the practitioner involved in the treatment of tumors of the eye, orbit, and periorbital structures – lids, lacrinal glands, and adnaxae. The atlas covers basic concepts of etiology, epidemiology, and staging. Clinical concepts of diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment, complications, and prognosis are also featured. With the understanding of the molecular biology of oncogenesis and tumor progression becoming more clear-cut, development in the research of how to treat tumors has also progressed. This atlas attempts to bring the practitioner up to speed with this information and discusses the most current treatments of these tumors.

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⭐In “Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa,” ocular oncologist Dr. Devron Char, presents 27 well-organized chapters – moving from the external to internal eye – with references attached to each section. Numerous color and black-and-white photos and surgical drawings illustrate the test.This work fulfills three criteria for successful medical resources: To be affordable, accessible (it is, thanks to his layperson language), and accurate.What detracts from this work is the way medicine continues to organize cancer by location rather than pathology or cellular / genetic definitions. This is no reflection on Dr. Char; his book is one of 22 in the American Cancer Society’s Atlas of Clinical Oncology series that also features volumes on site specific themes such as prostate, lung, brain, bone, breast, among other cancers.As a result, skin cancers of the eye (cancers caused by UV radiation) such as lid and conjuctival tumors, are described in this book instead of ACS’s “Skin Cancer” volume.Retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer, has a cellular pathology so radically distinct from any other eye neoplasm, that location alone doesn’t justify its inclusion here. And uveal melanoma, (also called choroidal melanoma, eye cancer, eye melanoma, ocular melanoma, intraocular melanoma or eye cancer), which continues to defy standard eye diagnosis, treatment and a cure (for 1 of every 2 patients), also belongs in a category all to itself.Someday, oncology professionals will define cancer by its molecular biology rather than its physical and surgical location. But for now, Dr. Char’s birds-eye view of the eye cancer landscape is broadly revealing.

⭐This is an excellent work encompassing the field of ocular oncology. While part of a series published by the American Cancer Society, in some ways it is an update to Dr. Char’s previous books on ocular oncology.I would have to strongly disagree with the previous post by “See A Cure “Eye Cancer Nonprofit.” The idea that conjunctival tumors, eyelid tumors, and retinoblastoma don’t belong in a book on ocular oncology is quite absurd. These tumors are usually treated by ophthalmologists and thus included in the volume written by an ophthalmologist who commonly treats ocular and periocular tumors. The term “skin cancer” of the eye is a ridiculous term to use as well. Furthermore, that previous posters comments regarding uveal melanoma are misleading. Diagnosis of uveal melanoma is correct over 90% of the time based on clinical findings and adjunctive testing (usually ultrasonography and angiography). Treatment results in local control rates around 98% with proton beam radiation.Dr. Char’s book, while now 7 years old, still offers much more than is offered by many other ocular oncology texts, particularly those published by the Shields in Philadelphia. Dr. Char’s text not only includes excellent photographs, but also gives an excellent review of pertinent studies from the ocular/orbital oncology literature, discusses his own fidings and personal experience (including pros and cons of various treatment options), and diagrams relevant surgical techniques. He also hits on related topics such has diagnostic tests in molecular biology and imaging as well as radiation physicis and chemotherapy.I highly recommend this book as Dr. Char continues to be a leader in the field of ocular and orbital oncology.