Surgical Oncology A European Handbook
In oncology today the accent lies on a multi-disciplinary approach, and consequently this handbook aims to provide wide-ranging information regarding all aspects of the surgical treatment of cancer. It deals with the basic subjects: the biology of cancer,
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U. Veronesi (Editor-in-Chief)
Surgical Oncology A European Handbook
B. Arnesj0, I. Burn, L. Denis and F. Mazzeo (Co-Editors)
Foreword by I. Burn With 222 Figures and 227 Tables
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong
Professor Dr. UMBERW VERONESI Direttore Generale Istituto Nazionale per 10 Studio e la Cura dei Tumori Via Venezian, 1, 20133 Milano, Italy Professor Dr. Bo ARNESJ0 Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital University of Bergen 5021 Bergen, Norway Professor Dr. IAN BURN Charing Cross Hospital Fulham Palace Road London W6 8RF, United Kingdom Professor Dr. LOUIS DENIS Department of Urology A. Z. Middelheim, Vrue Universiteit Brussel Lindendreef 1, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium Professor Dr. FRANCESCO MAZZEO Universita di Napoli Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, II facolta' Via Pansini, 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Editorial Secretariat Scientific Secretaries: Dr. Vittorio Quagliuolo, Dr. Alberto Azzarelli Editorial Secretary: Ms. Sheila McGrath
ISBN-13:978-3-642-72648-4 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-72646-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-72646-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Surgical oncology: a European handbook / U. Veronesi (editor-in-chief) ; B. Arnesjo ... let al.], co-editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN-13:978-3-642-72648-4 (U.S.):l.Cancer-Surgery- Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Veronesi, Umberto. II. Arnesjo, B. (Bo) [DNLM: 1. Neoplasms - surgery. QZ 268 S96113] RD651.S933 1989 616.99'4059 - dc20 DNLM/DLC for Library of Congress 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, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law.
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Foreword
The concept of the surgical oncologist is a strange one. Surgeons are a special breed of human beings, whose work requires a degree of pragmatism which is almost unique. Cancer would seem to be altogether too diffuse a subject to contain within the usual surgical boundaries and almost foreign
