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Non-Surgical Treatment of Keratinocyte Skin Cancer

By Gillian M. Murphy (auth.) , Gregor B. E. Jemec , Lajos Kemeny , Donald Miech (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2009
ISBN
3540793402, 9783540793403
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-79341-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5073273 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
217\218
Topic
Medicine Oncology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Dermatology; Oncology

Description

Books mark the progress of Man since they were invented. Through them we are able to gain insight into the minds of our predecessors better than through any other medium. They describe how the delicate interplay between practice and ideal, which is better known as evolution, has brought forward the societies in which we now live. A book marks the synthesis of knowledge in a different way from individual papers. A certain maturity and volume of understanding and knowledge is necessary before the material is suitable for a book. The timing of the cognitive and analytical synt- sis represented by a book is therefore crucial; too soon and it is lost in speculation, too late and it is old news. Non-melanoma skin cancer is common; it causes morbidity, it causes a burden on society, and treatment has been traditionally almost exclusively surgical. Decades of medical science have however now brought forward a number of techniques which may help both the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer without physically removing it, either alone or in combination in treatment programs tailored to the individual patients.

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