Nicola Sverzellati - The Thorax

This series aims to describe pathways of cancer dissemination in a practical and clinically driven approach that will enable the reader to define cancer dissemination accurately and thus to predict patient outcome and select the best therapeutic option. Each volume will include an introduction on the role of morphopathological and genetic drivers of cancer spread, followed by a chapter describing the anatomy, pathways of diffusion, and signs of disease. The subsequent chapters will include a systematic review of pathways of dissemination of each neoplasm. The content will be presented in an extremely schematic way, with high-quality illustrations and images obtained with different modalities (US, CT, MRI, and PET). The clinical significance of findings and possible therapeutic options will also be discussed whenever significant. Dynamic images will be included in the online version.

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Thoracic tumors represent a heterogeneous group of benign and malignant lesions. Primary tumors can originate from each of the various components of the thorax, including the lungs, airways, pleura, mediastinum, and all the tissue components of the chest wall. Furthermore, similar involvement is also seen in thoracic dissemination of malignancies, either from thoracic or extrathoracic primary tumors.

This book has been written to provide radiologists, physicians, pathologists, and thoracic surgeons with a one-volume account of imaging findings that represent the patterns of dissemination of the primary thoracic malignancies. In particular, integrated review of the radiological appearances encountered in these tumors and their most common differential by a clinical streamline approach is granted by comprehensive description of the clinical scenario for each topic, along with detailed findings by the most recent imaging techniques.

An easy-to-read format including introductory sections (e.g., epidemiology, pathology, imaging features, staging, treatment) and patterns of dissemination has been applied to each chapter dealing with individual tumors.

This book is meant as a resource for radiologists seeking comprehensive and translational understanding of both common and uncommon patterns of thoracic tumors dissemination. It is intended for guidance in clinical practice with the most accurate assessment of the disease staging with the accompaniment of pathological background. The most synergistic coupling of radiology and pathology spectra is provided for comprehensive description of the clinical behavior of thoracic tumors and systematic clinical assessment, according to likelihood rank.