Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas

Marco Del Chiaro, MD, PhD, graduated in Medicine and Surgery (Magna cum Laude) from Pisa University, Italy, in 1997. His subsequent training included participation on the course "Pancreatic Cancer: from Genes to Treatment" at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA, and his doctorate focused on use of the Da Vinci Robotic System in pancreatic surgery. Since 2010, Dr. Del Chiaro has moved to Sweden where he now is Associate Professor of Surgery and pancreatic surgeon in the Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Dr. Del Chiaro is Founder and Coordinator of the European Study Group on Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas (United European Gastroenterology) and is Coordinator of the Italian Registry of Familial Pancreatic Cancer. In 2013 he won the American College of Surgeons' International Guest Scholarship and he has previously received a number of other awards, including repeat prizes from the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas. He is lead or co-author of almost 70 original articles in peer-reviewed journals. Stephan Haas, MD, PhD, is Senior Consultant and Assistant Professor at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied Medicine at the Universities of Hamburg, Heidelberg and London. After 2 years of residency in surgery he was Post-Doc in GI-Oncology (University Hospitals in Munich and Dresden). He was trained in gastroenterology and pancreatology at the University Hospital of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Germany, and was appointed assistant professor at the University of Heidelberg in 2010. Before moving to Sweden he was Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology at the Klinikum Aschaffenburg (Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Germany). Dr. Haas is the Scientific Secretary of both the Swedish Guideline Committee on the Diagnosis and Therapy of Chronic Pancreatitis and the EU Guideline HaPanEU (Harmonising Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatitis across Europe). He is the author of more than 55 original articles and book chapters and co-editor of the book Pankreatitis. Diagnosis and Therapy (Germany, Uni-Med 2014). Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS, is Professor and Aragón/Gonzalez-Gíustí Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO, USA. Prior to taking up this post he worked at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he was Professor of Surgery and Oncology, John L. Cameron Professor of Alimentary Tract Disease, and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Schulick specializes in complex cancer surgeries, especially those involving pancreatic cancer. He is the recipient of various awards and has repeatedly appeared in Castle-Connolly America's Top Doctors. Dr. Schulick is Deputy Editor of Archives of Surgery and Pancreas Section Editor for the Annals of Surgical Oncology. He is also a member of various national committees. Dr. Schulick is the lead or co-author of more than 240 original articles listed in PubMed. He is the co-editor of Diseases of the Pancreas - Current Surgical Therapy (Springer 2007) and Pocket General Surgery (Pocketmedicine.com, 2004).

Introduction.- Pathology and classification of cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Cytology in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Molecular biology of cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Epidemiology of cystic tumors of the pancreas.- CT in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- MR in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- EUS in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Endoscopy in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- PET-scan in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- When and how to follow patients with cystic tumors of the pancreas?- The standard surgical treatment of cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Parenchyma sparing pancreatic resections in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery for cystic tumors of the pancreas.- Ablation modalities in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- How to manage cystic tumors of the pancreas in high risk individuals.- How to follow patients with resected cystic tumors of the pancreas?- The role of chemo/radiotherapy in cystic tumors of the pancreas.- A Comparative analysis between the IAP and UEG guidelines for cystic tumors of the pancreas.

"For the first time, these world-renowned specialists have compiled their knowledge in a single book, which will undoubtedly assist primary care physicians, gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, and pathologists. This will be an excellent reference for those who encounter pancreatic cystic neoplasms either infrequently or daily. ... This excellent, well-formatted book assembles in one place current evidence from a variety of leading resources to provide excellent evidence-based care to patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms." (Susan Skaff Hagen, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2016)