Oncology

This book is designed to filter the medical minutia into an easy to read and follow text in General Surgery.

This book presents a set of essays interpreting excerpts from the Talmud that illustrate values essential to Western science.

This book focuses on epidemiology, diagnosis, symptomatology, clinical biology, treatment, economics, and health care.

This book, Islet Cell Growth Factors, provides a timely contribution to the current thinking regarding the concepts in the area of islet cell regeneration with special reference to insulin secreting beta cells.

Starting in the early 1970s, a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis began to receive attention.

This book systematically addresses all the major available direct and enabling technologies which have contributed to the revolutionized research and development, thus improvements to existing vaccines.

Despite a century of research and attempts to control one of the deadliest foes of mankind, the malaria situation remains a major public health problem.

Miniaturization in the fields of chemistry and molecular biology has resulted in the "e;lab-on-a-chip.

Cancer Clinical Trials: Current and Controversial Issues in Design and Analysis provides statisticians with an understanding of the critical challenges currently encountered in oncology trials.

Surgical oncology is now a recognized specialty in the US and several European countries, and cancer surgery takes up a significant part of any general surgeon's workload.

Yoga's restorative power is revealed in this "e;uplifting"e; memoir about finding "e;an oasis of peace in the midst of crises large and small"e; (Publishers Weekly).

This book highlights the potential applications of microbots for minimally invasive diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), enhancing the accuracy of colonoscopy and improving drug delivery for more precise and effective treatments.

The serendipitously discovered link between developmental biology and cancer, touched of an explosion of discoveries on the role of Notch in human malignancies, including every aspect of cancer biology, from control of differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis in transformed cells to angiogenesis, tumor-stroma interaction and anti-cancer immune responses.

The interactions of cells with their surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a pivotal role in driving normal cell behavior, from development to tissue differentiation and function.

This book aims to bridge the gap in understanding how protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), which carry out the reverse reaction of tyrosine phosphorylation, feature in cancer cell biology.

This book discusses the molecular, biological, pathological, and clinical aspects of melanoma, with special emphasis in the new concepts of melanoma genetics.

This comprehensive subspecialty reference book on NeuroEndocrine Tumor (NET) pathology brings together the diagnostic and clinical expertise of an outstanding team of practicing neuroendocrine pathologists and oncologists.

This volume provides the latest research on circulating tumor cells aimed for cancer researchers, scientists, and molecular oncologists.

Thoroughly revised and extensively expanded, this encyclopedic, highly acclaimed title addresses all aspects of the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, initial treatment and long-term management of all varieties of thyroid cancer.

This volume provides a practical, comprehensive overview on benign and malignant disease of the adult kidney.

This new resource on managing oncologic emergencies is directed at all health care professionals who care for patients with cancer or survivors.

With hundreds of question and answer items and bite-sized chunks of information that can be read and processed easily, reviewing for the pediatric board exams - or just brushing up in your spare time - has never been easier.

This atlas provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of all interventions that pertain to the esophagus.

This atlas serves as a basic introduction to breast MRI.

This is the ideal book for anyone contemplating starting a career in, or shifting their career to, studying the dynamics that drive cancer progression and its response to therapy.

The aim of the book is to discuss the application of molecular pathology in cancer research, and its contribution in the classification of different tumors and identification of potential molecular targets, as well as how this knowledge may be translated into clinical practice, and the huge impact this field is likely to have in the next 5 to 10 years.

This fully updated and revised second edition address specifically some of the significant advances made in our understanding of the pathophysiology of penile cancer including discussion of the suspected role of the human papilloma virus in penile carcinogenesis.

This atlas illustrates the range of breast lesions with detailed correlation of gross and microscopic features.

Documenting the success and result of patient navigation programs, this book represents the culmination of years of research and practical experience by scientific leaders in the field.

This book presents applications of geometric optimal control to real life biomedical problems with an emphasis on cancer treatments.

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the molecular mechanisms involved in precancerous lesions and benign and malignant breast tumors.

In recent years there have been various discoveries connecting inflammation and lung cancer and clearly there is growing interest in this area of cancer research.

This case based resource focuses on kidney disease in patients with cancer.

This volume is the most up-to-date text available on diffuse malignant mesothelioma and includes all the newest imaging modalities, immunohistochemical features, and ever-expanding information on the molecular characteristics of the cancer.

Tissue diagnosis in surgical pathology is the most important determinant of patient outcomes in oncology and other medical conditions.

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the role of radiation therapy in various pelvic malignancies as well as the consequences of the radiation in the pelvic tissues.

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From reviews of the First Edition:"e;For the practitioner new to the field of implantable therapies, this book shows the scope of this particular branch of pain medicine.

Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: Structure, Functions and Role in Human Disease, for the first time, systematically covers the shared structural and functional features of the RTK family.

This volume provides readers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview about the range of applications of targeted therapies for solid tumors.

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the genitourinary tumor pathology field and the most contemporary insights regarding specimen submission, histologic morphology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular studies useful in the diagnosis of genitourinary neoplasms.

This volume reviews the evolution of information regarding the epidemiology of DCIS and its modes of detection, as well as treatment options as a function of both clinical trial data and ongoing investigational therapeutic prospects.

This comprehensive treatise on cutting edge tools and research provides a fascinating insight into the rapidly evolving field of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.

This book provides practitioners with a single volume that reviews the clinical and pathologic features of rarely encountered cutaneous neoplasms.

This volume provides a compact, concise and up-to-date resource for pathologists and clinicians who are involved in women's health.

This book provides an educational resource of modern and advanced operative techniques for patients with GI cancers.

Viruses and Human Cancer provides a comprehensive review of the seven currently known human tumor viruses and their associated cancers with an emphasis on epidemiology, clinicopathologic features, and pathogenesis.

The association between AIDS and cancer was recognized from the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, when the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma in a cluster of young men was one of the first signs of this new disease.

This volume is the product of the author's long experience with melanomas and sarcomas and to a lesser but significant degree with upper gastrointestinal cancers, colorectal and breast cancers.