, Francesca Abbatini1 and Gianfranco Silecchia1 (1) General and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies-Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LAGB ) was the first…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Andrea Laghi and Marco Rengo (eds.)Imaging in Bariatric Surgeryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49299-5_3 3. The Role of Imaging Before and After Surgery Marco Rengo1 , Simona Picchia1 and Andrea Laghi1 (1) Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences,…
Classification Body mass index category Underweight <18.5 Normal weight 18.5–24.9 Overweight 25.0–29.9 Obese >30.0 Class I 30.0–34.9 Class II 35.0–39.9 Class III >40.0 These BMI cut points in adults are…
7 Lung and Central Airway Malignancies Sarah Baker and Alysa Fairchild INTRODUCTION Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, with 1.8 million patients diagnosed in 2012.1 75%…
3 Bone Metastases Pei Shuen Lim and Peter J. Hoskin INTRODUCTION Approximately 50% of the workload in a radiation therapy (RT) department is comprised of palliative work, of which the…
5 Brain Metastases Mohammad Hasan and May N. Tsao INTRODUCTION Demographics Metastatic disease to the brain is the most common intracranial tumor.1 The incidence of brain metastases is at least…
6 Head and Neck Albert Tiong and June Corry INTRODUCTION Head and neck cancers encompass a wide variety of anatomic subsites and histologies, though most commonly they are squamous cell…
2 Patient Selection and Life Expectancy Tools Srinivas Raman, Nicholas Chiu, Na Zhang, and Edward Chow INTRODUCTION Life expectancy estimates for advanced cancer patients are necessary considerations in the fields…
8 Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies Sushmita Ghoshal, Bhavana Rai, and Raviteja Miriyala INTRODUCTION Radiation oncologists have long understood the potential benefit of radiation therapy (RT) in palliating the distressing symptoms…
9 Liver Malignancies Jared R. Robbins INTRODUCTION Each year in the United States there are estimated to be over 45,000 cases of primary liver and biliary system malignancies with over…
