- The classic text on the Mayo Clinic’s experience with bone tumors is now in its updated Sixth Edition.
- Dahlin’s Bone Tumors presents a succinct, profusely illustrated summary of the largest single collection of well-diagnosed bone tumors anywhere in the world.
- The book contains a strong blend of archival material and new cases, and incorporates the latest knowledge about the grading and staging of these tumors.
- K. K. Unni, the senior editor, is a highly respected pathologist with a string of publications to his name dating back to 1971
- This beautifully illustrated book gives a thoroughly sensible view about the challenges of diagnosing bone tumours based on the massive archive available at the Mayo Clinic, numbering some 10 165 cases
- Benign and malignant neoplasms are discussed on the basis of differentiation.
- In the Sixth Edition, all gross anatomy photographs and photomicrographs are in full color—approximately 400 new full-color illustrations throughout the book.
- More attention is given to computed tomographic and magnetic resonance images.
- The book includes new information from recent clinicopathologic studies about radiographic and histologic variations in different tumor types, including chondroblastoma, osteoblastoma, and parosteal osteosarcoma.
- The section on neoplasm simulators has been expanded to include some conditions, such as neuropathic joint, that may present as a neoplasm.
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