Oncology

This book provides an exhaustive review of the current state of the art in the management of prostate cancer, from screening to treatment.

This textbook is intended to give most of the information a Mammographer should have to understand and perform successfully breast imaging techniques.

Das Hineinwachsen der MR-Tomographie in die klinische Routine und die Entdeckung neuer Anwendungen vollziehen sich vor unseren Augen schrittweise und doch mit bemerkenswerter Schnelligkeit, ganz ähnlich wie bei der Entwicklung der Computertomographie.

Hepatic Arterial Infusion (HAI) chemotherapy most commonly entails the surgical implantation of a subcutaneous pump with a catheter that is inserted into the hepatic arterial system, allowing for the delivery of high-dose chemotherapy directly to the liver, typically given concurrently with systemic chemotherapy.

The "e;Challenges in Solid Tumors and Other Cancers: An Interdisciplinary Approach"e; is the twenty first volume of the "e;Interdisciplinary Cancer Research"e; series, publishes comprehensive volume on the challenges in cancer.

This classification is based primarily on the microscopic characteris- tics of tumours.

The Third International Copenhagen Symposium on Detection of Breast Cancer afforded a further opportunity for scientists from all over the world to come together and present important papers con- cerning breast cancer and early diagnostic procedures.

Communication as the Bridge to Hope and Healing in Cancer Care Cancer is ofen seen as prec ipitating an existen- specifc to patients of all ages, diverse cultures tial crisis; a crisis of spirit and an opportunity and lifestyles.

This book systematically reviews the most important findings on cancer immune checkpoints, sharing essential insights into this rapidly evolving yet largely unexplored research topic.

There have been many advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, but it is still a feared disease with a lot of work left to be done.

This book introduces an effective, affordable, non-invasive, and quick method to detect exposure to dangerous chemical carcinogens, which cause life-threatening conditions like cardiovascular, endocrine, neurological, hematological, dermatological, and malignant diseases.

Important contributions about the treatment modalities of breast cancer are presented in this book.

An integrated retrovirus effectively becomes part of the cellular genome, but with the difference that the virus to a large extent retains control over its own expression through nontranslated sequences in the long terminal repeat (L TR).

Dieses Buch gibt den aktuellen Stand der gynäkologischen wie auch interdisziplinären Forschung auf dem Gebiet der immunbiologischen Tumorbehandlung und Chemotherapie wieder.

This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012.

The nanotheranostics sector provides a very promising strategy for monitoring drug biodistribution and pathology longitudinal processes by integrating the imaging and drug delivery functions in one single nanoformulation, providing vital insights into the identification of tumour and predicting the efficacy of nanomedicine.

This Brief introduces SuperParamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs), the different synthesis approaches, their applications in the field of diagnostics and treatment and finally as theranostic agents in cancer.

This book explains more than 60 types of segmentectomy and 4 types of completion lobectomy with plentiful figures to explain the intraoperative findings and anatomy of the lung.

This book focuses on histone mutations, especially those mutations closely related to cancer.

This book presents an overview of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), their mechanisms of antimicrobial action, other activities, and various problems that must still be overcome regarding their clinical application.

This new edition differs from the preceding ones in that there has been extensive revision of most chapters.

This collection of chapters describes in detail the physical therapy research in patients with various types of cancers to help medical professionals and physical therapists help improve the physical function, activity of daily living, quality of life, the survival rate in cancer patients and cancer survivors.

In the field of Hodgkin's lymphoma, many new data have been collected during the last decade both on the cell of origin of this disease and on more effective therapies to cure the majority of pa- tients even in the advanced stages.

This book reviews the central role of hypoxia in cancer initiation and progression.

These are the Proceedings of the 2nd International Metastasis Congress of the Metastasis Research Society which took place in the town hall (Stadthalle) of Heidelberg, FRG, in September, 1988.

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The newest volume in the Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology series edited by Dr.

This atlas is designed to offer a comprehensive and step-by-step guidance on Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomies (OPHLs).

This book is intended as a reference manual that will provide the busy clinician with up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of uncommon and rare gynecological cancers.

Das Buch gibt einen breiten Überblick über den derzeitigen Stand von Diagnostik und Therapie der Struma maligna aus interdisziplinärer Sicht.

This book encompasses the results of two decades of research on locoregional spread of gynecologic cancer, which put forth the ontogenetic cancer field model and its clinical translation in terms of ontogenetic tumor staging and cancer field surgery, particularly for carcinomas of the lower female genital tract.

Radiotherapy or radiation therapeutics, as the name suggests, is a branch of general therapeutics.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is being rapidly introduced into the clinical management of early breast cancer.

This book is a complete representation of all the gynecological cancers covering from the anatomical details of the individual gynecological organs along with the epidemiological pathophysiological aspects of the various gynecological cancers.

The discussion of some diseases is only occasionally enlivened by the emergence of new worthwhile facts.

Any discussion of the present success in management of urological cancers evokes a mixed response.

The book explores Candida and candidiasis, and Aspergillus and aspergillosis, two significant fungal infectious diseases.

Gallbladder Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Management was planned as a thorough, yet objective text about gallbladder cancer, encompassing from epidemiology and pathogenesis to the present cutting edge technology and ongoing research.

This book aims to create consensus among hematology and oncology faculty in the guidance of trainees during their busy hematology/oncology inpatient months.

This book provides all the information required for the optimal and practical use of nuclear medicine techniques, which are undergoing rapid development yet remain underutilized.

To scientists, oncology means research on the disease of cancer.

This book covers the diverse complications noted in medical, radiation, surgical and pediatric oncology.

This book presents the most up-to-date information on the effects of nutrition and food on cancer prevention and management.

Mesothelioma is a global problem, largely related to the previous use of asbestos products.

This book discusses the epidemiology and the known cardiotoxic effects of chemoradiation agents in addition to newer therapies in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).