Soft Tissue Tumors (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)

Soft tissue tumors are a very heterogeneous group of tumors in terms of histogenesis, morphology, cytogenetics, molecular biology, clinical manifestation, and prognosis. Their spectrum is fascinating for morphologists and basic scientists alike. Yet precisely this variability in the morphologic manifestation of soft tissue tumors, specifically their histologic and cytologic patterns, presents great difficulties to any effort to categorize them. Although many soft tissue tumors are today defined not only by histology but also by immunohistochemical, cytogenetic, and molecular biological findings, the histogenesis of many soft tissue tumors, in particular malignant ones, continues to be unknown. This is associated with the fact that the actual precursor cells that lead to these tumors have frequently not yet been identified. For this reason, the customary classification of malignant soft tissue tumors is primarily not histogenetic, but actually according to the dominant phenotype, however characteristic it is. Of course, an exact morphologic examination of soft tissue tumors con tinues to be an essential prerequisite for making a diagnosis and determining a therapy. The use of a wide range of additional modern examination techniques, however, can make a substantial contribution toward more precisely defining the biological behavior of a tumor, which without doubt can have therapeutic implications.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Current Topics in Pathology, 89
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1995
Editors:	D. Harms
Contributors:	P.W. Allen • M. Brockmann
Editors:	D. Schmidt
Contributors:	A.O. Cavazzana • E. Durieux • C.D.M. Fletcher • R. Frunzio • D. Harms • H. Hashimoto
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	386
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-77291-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Gross pathology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	3-642-77291-9
Barcode:	9783642772917

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