This volume, written by thoracic surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, and radiologists experienced in specific mediastinal tumors, aims to consolidate the up until now scattered literature and to provide a concise guide to state-of-the-art diagnosis and management. Recent advances in diagnostic techniques are fully covered, as are the improvements in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery.

Inhalt
1 Diagnosis of Mediastinal Masses.- 2 Thymoma: Surgical Management.- 3 Thymoma: Radiation and Chemotherapy.- 4 Mediastinal Lymphomas.- 5 Benign Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors.- 6 Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 7 Primary Mediastinal Seminoma.- 8 Endocrine Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 9 Mediastinal Paragangliomas.- 10 Neurogenic Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 11 Cardiac Neoplasms.- 12 Tracheal Tumors.- 13 Mesenchymal Tumors of the Mediastinum.- 14 Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Mediastinum.- 15 The Role of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors.- List of Contributors.