Fundamental Considerations of Cryosurgery • Definition and Terminology (Nikolai N. KORPAN) • History of Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN) • Theoretical Aspects of Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Patrick J.M. Le PIVERT) Experimental Aspects of Cryosurgery • Experimental Basis of Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Jaroslav V. ZHARKOV) Basis of Cryosurgical Equipment and Technology • Basic Aspects of Cryosurgical Equipment and Technology (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Jaroslav V. ZHARKOV) • Technical Requirements for Cryosurgical Equipment (Jaroslav V. ZHARKOV) Basic Cryosurgical Techniques • General Techniques of Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN) • Liver Cryosurgical Techniques (Nikolai N. KORPAN) Experimental Aspects • Liver Cryosurgery. An Animal Experiment. (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Iwan S. TCHEKMAN, Jaroslav V. ZHARKOV, Franz BEER and Ved. R. TANDAN) • Pancreas Cryosurgery. An Animal Experiment. (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Iwan S. TCHEKMAN, Jaroslav V. ZHARKOV and Franz BEER) Clinical Aspects • Cryosurgical Dermatology (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Joao A. AMARO, Jose Carlos d' Almeida GONÇALVES, Giuseppe MONFRECOLA, Peter NORDIN, Patrick J.M. Le PIVERT, Massimiliano SCALVENZI and Rodney SINCLAIR) • Abdominal Cryosurgery: Liver Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Boris I. ALPEROVICH, Gerhard HOCHWARTER, Franz SELLNER and Ved R. TANDAN) • Abdominal Cryosurgery: Pancreas Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Gerhard HOCHWARTER, Tatjana B. KOMKOVA and Franz SELLNER) • Pulmonary Cryosurgery (Jean-Paul HOMASSON, Omar MAIWAND and Daniel Luna SABATE) • Anorectal Cryosurgery: Curative and Palliative Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Sybren MEIJER, Patrick J.M. Le PIVERT and Alberto TAJANA) • Breast Cancer Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Jose Carlos d'Almeida GONÇALVES, Patrick J.M. Le PIVERT, Yoed RABIN and Shigeo TANAKA) • Breast Cryosurgery: Benign Disorders (Nikolai N. KORPAN) • Cryosurgical Urology (Inderbir S. GILL) • Orthopaedic Cryosurgery (Martin M. MALAWER, H.W.Bart SCHREUDER, James C. WITTIG and Jacob BICKELS) • Cosmetic Cryosurgery (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Yoshiaki HOSAKA) • Cryosurgical Otorhynolaryngology (Nikolai N. KORPAN with contributions by Marco SCALA) • Cryophlebology (Patrick J.M. Le PIVERT and Laszlo VIZSY) • Cryosurgical Gynecology (Jose Carlos d' Almeida GONÇALVES) • Cardiovascular Cryosurgery (Vincent DOR and Jean-Marc FRAPIER) • Cryomassage (Irina R. KHRAMOVA) Tumor Anemia • Causes of Anemia in Cancer Patients (Nedjeljka BALDASS) INDEX