Campanacci Mario. Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Clinical Features, Imaging, Pathology and Treatment

2nd edition. — Springer-Verlag Wien, 1999. — 1319 p.Mario Campanacci, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology, University of Bologna;
Director of the 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna;
Director of the Graduate School of Orthopaedics, University of Bologna;
Director of the Tumor Centre, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, BolognaThis is an extraordinary book by an extraordinary author. Mario Campanacci first published three volumes on musculoskeletal neoplasms and other tumor-like processes in bone and soft parts in Italian in 1981-1985. This book is an update and expansion of that book, published for the first time in English. In this book Dr. Campanacci brings to the readers the vast experience in musculoskeletal oncology of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna where he has been head of the Oncology Unit for many years. As such, he has had at his disposal the patient records, radiographs and pathologic material dating back to 1905. In fact, a visitor to the Institute will be shown the radiograph made of the first tumor case on records -that of a giant cell tumor of the distal femur. The wealth of clinical material that has been accumulated at the Rizzoli Institute, with exquisite documentation and maintenance is a unique resource and testimonial to not only the author but his predecessors. Under Campanacci' s leadership, the Institute has provided care to the majority of patients with neoplasms throughout Italy. Over the past two decades a treatment team with extraordinary ability in radiology, imaging, pathology, chemotherapy, as well as orthopedic surgery has been assembled. The Institute has been a major contributor to the literature of musculoskeletal oncology, has played an important role in the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society of North America, and taken a leadership role in the establishment of the European Musculoskeletal Oncology Society. This book brings to the reader an almost unparalleled experience from one of the leading centers of musculoskeletal oncology in the world.
The book first deals with the general principles of musculoskeletal oncology in an exemplary fashion as befits their experience. It then presents an extensive series of chapters, each devoted to a particular entity. Within each chapter the lesion in question is clearly defined in its frequency, sexual predilection, age of occurrence, and the anatomic localization with a detailed discussion of each point. Figures quoted are those derived from the experience at the Institute.
The reader is then presented with the clinical picture and symptoms, the imaging characteristics of the lesion, and the gross and histopathologic features, all beautifully illustrated.
Following this, the differential diagnosis is discussed in detail. Next, the clinical course without treatment is outlined. The next section of each chapter is a discussion of the treatment of the lesion in question and includes both surgical, chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic modalities. The final portion of each chapter is devoted to a discussion of the prognosis as it is currently known. Each chapter is beautifully illustrated with exceptional clarity that allows the reader an accurate portrayal of the lesion under discussion.
The manuscript is not simply a translation from Italian into English, rather an expansion of the previous text written in English. It retains the author's clarity of thought, conciseness, and sharp focus on the important issues, and, in this context, brings to the reader an exceptionally
cosmopolitan international view of this subject. This book is a must for all those involved in the care of patients with musculoskeletal neoplasms regardless of their medical speciality. To those students, residents and fellows in orthopaedic surgery, radiology, medical oncology, pathology and radiation oncology, it will provide an invaluable resource and inspiration.
We are greatly in Dr. Mario Campanacci's debt for the prodigious effort this singularly authored authoritative text has required.W.F. Enneking