Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology State-of- the-Art Cancer Manage
The past 20 years have witnessed an extraordinarily rapid adoption of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and increasingly these techniques are being employed in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of malignancies. This book is designed to ser
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Ronald Matteotti ● Stanley W. Ashley (Editors)
Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology State-of-the-Art Cancer Management
Editors Ronald Matteotti, MD, FMH Surgical Oncologist/Minimally Invasive Surgeon 263 Osborn Street Philadelphia, PA 19128 USA [email protected]
Stanley W. Ashley, MD, FACS Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Med Chief, General Surgery Department of Surgery Francis St. 75 Boston, MA 02115 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-45018-4 e-ISBN 978-3-540-45021-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-45021-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011922048 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To our patients suffering from cancer: May new scientific discoveries, improved treatments and technologies contribute to a better quality of life. To my grandmother Margarethe Matteotti, my father Werner and Mary the greatest supporters in my life. We would like to express a special thank you to Stephanie Benko and Gabriele Schroeder from Springer Verlag who greatly supported this project along the way.
Ronald Matteotti
Foreword I
The view of a pioneer in open approaches to Surgical Oncology It must seem surprising that an ‘open surgery’ surgical dinosaur should be invited to write a foreword for this text on minimally invasive surgical oncology. I accepted with some trepidation, expecting to be faced with the unpleasant task of writing a critical foreword of a technical text. But the title misled me, this is not a technical treatise but a disease focused management text in which the technical issues of minimally invasive approaches are emphasized. Above all, the text is comprehensive; from history to surgical education, research, robotics, to immunological response. Organ specific summaries are all covered in great depth. The authors
