Pathology of bone tumours

The production of a textbook of the pathology of bone work with isotopic markers to refine their classifica­ tion. tumours is a hard task to embark upon, but Andre In this book, the author takes up a firm position Mazabraud has certainly succeeded. about the difference between osteoid osteoma and oste­ It is the outcome of a very long experience, provided oblastoma, about "tumoral associations" and about the initially by his hospital training, then by his collabora­ so-called malignant forms of disorders described as tion with Rutishauser at the Institut de Pathologie at benign. His personal stamp is evident throughout the Geneva and with Dahlin at the Mayo Clinic. The bonds various chapters. he forged then have never been loosened. Certainly, treatment in the area is rapidly changing Subsequently, his duties as head of the department and advancing, but this book does not risk obsoles­ of pathology at the Institut Curie directed him finally cence since treatment is not its focus. The extent and towards tumour pathology. At the Institute, he was not nature of the author's experience explain the essentially satisfied with routine examinations but very soon linked anatomo-pathological orientation taken by this semi­ up with the research team and worked especially on nal book. It also provides valuable clinical information Ewing's sarcoma and the problems of ultrastructure, and a good radiological study.