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Laparoscopic Staging of Malignancies

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Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery

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Although laparoscopic techniques were first used for the treatment of abdominal malignancy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it is only because of the excitement generated by therapeutic laparoscopy in the past 10 years that this endoscopic modality is once again being considered for the staging and management of patients with abdominal malignancy. Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, a concerted effort was made by physicians throughout the world to develop a staging system that would allow a “world-wide dialogue” about the interpretation and classification of solid tumors.

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  1. Frederick L. Greene
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Endoscopy, and Ultrasound, St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Maurice E. Arregui M.D. (Director, Fellowship in Laparoscopy) (Director, Fellowship in Laparoscopy)

  2. Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Robert J. Fitzgibbons Jr. M.D. (Professor of Surgery, Chief of General Surgery) (Professor of Surgery, Chief of General Surgery)

  3. Divison of Outpatient and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program and Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Namir Katkhouda M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Director) (Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Director)

  4. Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA

    J. Barry McKernan M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  5. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    J. Barry McKernan M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  6. Marietta Surgery Center, Marietta, Georgia, USA

    J. Barry McKernan M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  7. Advanced Laparoscopic Consultant, Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

    Harry Reich M.D.

  8. New York Center for Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery, New York, New Rochelle, USA

    Harry Reich M.D.

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Greene, F.L. (1995). Laparoscopic Staging of Malignancies. In: Arregui, M.E., Fitzgibbons, R.J., Katkhouda, N., McKernan, J.B., Reich, H. (eds) Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2480-8_19

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