| About
the authors
Roger F. Uren has had a number of international
appointments including the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, and the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, the American Hospital of
Paris, and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. In 1994, in
partnership with Robert Howman-Giles, he opened his own department of
nuclear medicine in the Missenden Medical Centre, Sydney, and it is from
this practice that he pursued his interest in lymphatic mapping for the
last 14 years. Dr Uren has authored or co-authored more than 90
peer reviewed papers in nuclear medicine, and is now considered a world
authority on the lymphatic mapping of the skin using radiocolloids.
He was recently appointed Clinical Associate Professor at the University
of Sydney.
John F. Thompson has had a research and clinical
interest in surgical oncology for many years and has published
extensively on isolated limb infusion and perfusion techniques for which
he was recently awarded a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of
Sydney. During the past 25 years, he has been the author or
co-author of more than 190 scientific articles in peer reviewed
journals. Investigation of the optimal method for sentinel node
biopsy in patients with melanoma has been the focus of his attention for
some years and he is on the coordinating committee of a major
international trial currently evaluating this procedure. Dr
Thompson is Academic Associate Professor in Surgery at the University of
Sydney and Director of the Sydney Melanoma Unit at the Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital.
Robert B. Howman-Giles established the first
Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for
Children, Sydney, where he has been Head since 1980. He has
published widely in nuclear medicine and paediatric nuclear medicine
with more than 90 articles and several book chapters. He has a
special interest in oncology and renal applications of nuclear medicine
and in 1996 he received a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of
Sydney for his work in paediatric nuclear medicine. In partnership
with Roger Uren, he has been closely involved in the development and
application of lymphatic mapping for 14 years. |
The
field of oncology owes a debt of gratitude to Drs Uren, Howman-Giles,
and Thompson for this important monograph, which will be a welcome
addition to the library of every surgeon or nuclear medicine physician
who cares for patients with melanoma or breast cancer. I predict
that this will be the first of many editions updating this important and
rapidly evolving field.
DONALD MORTON, MD
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California
This book will change traditional thinking
about lymph flow patterns...
The book will become a standard reference work in this field.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM MCCARTHY,
Director, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Australia
... current, comprehensive and detailed and
should fill an important niche and gap in general knowledge of the true
nature of lymphatic drainage of the skin and the degree of individual
variability.
DR GUNES EGE
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Canada
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