Minimally Invasive Cancer Management

1 General Principles.- 1 Indications and General Oncologic Principles.- 2 Cancer Biology Relating to Minimal Access Management.- 3 Pneumoperitoneum: Metabolic and Mechanical Effects.- 4 Basic Instrumentation for Laparoscopic Surgery.- 5 Biopsy and Staging-Technical Issues.- 6 Abdominal Wall Recurrence-Etiology and Precautions.- 7 Ultrasound Techniques in Minimal-Access Surgery.- 2 Organ Specific Issues: Abdomen.- 8 Endoscopic Ablation of Barrett's Columnar Lined Epithelium.- 9 Laparoscopic Approaches to Gastric Cancer.- 10 Laparoscopic Staging for Pancreatic Carcinoma.- 11 Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery for Palliation in Pancreatic Carcinoma.- 12 Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Malignant Diseases.- 13 Laparoscopic Approaches to Hepatobiliary Cancer.- 14 Laparoscopic Ablation of Liver Tumors.- 15 Laparoscopic Approaches to Colonic Malignancy.- 16 Laparoscopic Resection of the Rectosigmoid Colon.- 17 Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection.- 18 Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery.- 3 Specific Issues: Thoracic.- 19 Minimal Access Approaches to the Mediastinum.- 20 Minimal Access Approaches to the Pericardium and Pericardial Space.- 21 Management of Esophageal Cancer.- 22 Thoracoscopy for Lung Cancer.- 4 Retroperitoneum.- 23 Lymphoma Staging and Nodal Dissection.- 24 Laparoscopic Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 25 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Cancer.- 5 Specialization Issues.- 26 Minimal Access Cancer Management in Children.- 27 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Treatment of Cancer.- 6 The Future.- 28 Future Prospects.