Catherine J. Hwang - Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology: Orbital Tumors

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Ophthalmic tumors are rare and diverse so their diagnosis can be quite complex. Treatment usually requires special expertise and equipment and in many instances is controversial. The field is advancing rapidly, because of accelerating progress in tumor biology, pharmacology, and instrumentation. Increasingly, the care of patients with an ocular or adnexal tumor is provided by a multidisciplinary team, consisting of ocular oncologists, general oncologists, radiotherapists, pathologists, psychologists, and other specialists.

For all these reasons, we felt there was a need for the new edition of the textbook providing a balanced view of current clinical practice. Although each section of Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology now represents a standalone volume, each chapter has a similar layout with boxes that highlight the key features, tables that provide comparison, and flow diagrams that outline therapeutic approaches. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Julian Perry, MD, for editing the previous two editions of the volume.

The enormous task of editing a multi-author, multi-volume textbook could not have been possible without support and guidance by the staff at Springer: Caitlin Prim, Melanie Zerah, ArulRonika Pathinathan, and Karthik Rajasekar. Michael D. Sova kept the pressure on to meet the production deadlines.

It is our sincere hope that our efforts will meet high expectation of the readers.

To my husband, JD, my life partner and who edited the first and second editions of this book. To my parents, Steve and Nancy, who inspired me to be the person and surgeon I am today.

To my friends and family, for their undying support, laughter, and love (Catherine J. Hwang).

To she-who-must-be-obeyed, Mama Kelele, and the sprogs, Neel, Jay, and Tara, who are the raison detre. To my parents, Chandu and Shanta, go immense gratitude for more than they will ever realize (Bhupendra C. K. Patel).

To my parents who educated me beyond their means, my wife Annapurna, and my children, Nakul and Rahul, who make all my efforts worthwhile (Arun D. Singh).