Minimally Invasive Cancer Management

1. Indications and General Oncologic Principles
Frederick L. Greene

2. Cancer Biology Relating to Minimal Access Management
Jonathan C. Salo

3. Pneumoperitoneum: Metabolic and Mechanical Effects
Frederick L. Greene

4. Energy Sources in Laparoscopy
Ajita S. Prabhu, B. Todd Heniford

5. Biopsy and Staging: Technical Issues
James D. Smith, Kevin C. P. Conlon

6. Ultrasound Techniques in Minimally Invasive Oncologic Surgery
Carol B. Sheridan, Maurice E. Arregui

7. Endoscopic Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus and Early Esophageal Cancer
Virginia R. Litle, Thomas J. Watson, Jeffrey H. Peters

8. Management of Esophageal Cancer
Kyle A. Perry, John G. Hunter

9. Laparoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Ajita S. Prabhu, B. Todd Heniford

10. Laparoscopic Approaches to Gastric Cancer
Seigo Kitano, Norio Shiraishi

11. Minimal Access Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Nicholas A. Hamilton, Brent D. Matthews

12. Laparoscopic Approaches to Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
John B. Martinie, Stephen M. Smeaton

13. Laparoscopic Approaches to Hepatobiliary Cancer
Michael B. Ujiki, Lee L. Swanstrom, Paul D. Hansen

14. Laparoscopic Approaches to Colonic Malignancy
Juliane Bingener, Heidi Nelson

15. Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer
Tonia M. Young-Fadok

16. Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)
John H. Marks

17. Laparoscopic Ablation of Liver Tumors
David A. Iannitti, David Sindram

18. Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Malignant Diseases
R. Matthew Walsh, B. Todd Heniford

19. Laparoscopic Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Kent W. Kercher, Chris M. Teigland

20. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Cancer
Kent W. Kercher

21. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Lung Cancer
David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, Jang Wen Su, Thomas W. Rice

22. Laparoscopy in Gynecologic Malignancies
R. Wendel Naumann

23. Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pediatric Oncology
Keith A. Kuenzler, Steven S. Rothenberg

24. Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Diseases
Rashmi P. Pradhan, Jill R. Dietz

25. The Applications of Sentinel Lymph Node to Cancer
Anton J. Bilchik, Maria M. Gonzalez, Alexander Stojadinovic

26. Future Prospects
Frederick L. Greene, B. Todd Heniford

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, General Surgery, Oncology