Rare Genitourinary Tumors (eBook)

Dr. Lance C. Pagliaro earned his medical degree at Albany Medical College and received postgraduate training at The George Washington University Hospital and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In the course of his career spanning 20 years at MD Anderson, Dr. Pagliaro specialized in the treatment of adults with genitourinary cancers. He became recognized as an expert in the curative treatment of penile cancer, advanced metastatic testicular cancer, and mediastinal germ cell tumors. He led numerous prospective clinical trials and important retrospective studies in these and the more common cancers of the prostate, bladder, and kidneys. His many contributions to the literature have included studies of chemotherapy and targeted therapy for penile cancer, a rare tumor, leading to a new standard of care for that disease. Dr. Pagliaro is currently a professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He practices medical oncology at Mayo Clinic, where he frequently lectures and is active in clinical research and medical education.

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma.- Renal Medullary Carcinoma.- Translocation Renal Cell Carcinomas.- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Other Sarcomas of the Kidney.- Adult Wilms’ Tumor.- Urothelial Carcinoma with Variant Histology: Sarcomatoid, Plasmacytoid, and Micropapillary.- Primary Sarcomas and Other Sarcomatoid Tumors of the Bladder.- Neuroendocrine and Small Cell Carcinomas of the Urinary Tract.- Urachal and Non-urachal Adenocarcinoma of the Bladder.- Primary Urethral Carcinomas.- Adenocarcinoma of the Urethra.- Primary Urethral Melanoma.- Neuroendocrine and Small Cell Carcinomas of the Prostate: Sentinels of Lethal Evolution.- Mucinous, Signet Ring, Ductal, and Sarcomatoid Variants of Prostate Cancer.- Prostate Sarcomas and Squamous Cell Carcinomas.- Sex Cord Stromal Tumors of the Testis.- Granulosa Cell Tumors of the Testis.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis and Scrotum.- Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Male External Genitalia.- Extra-mammary Paget’s Disease.- Kaposi’s Sarcoma of the Penis and Scrotum.- Rare Tumors of the Vulva.