The European Organization for Research into Cancer Treatment (OERTC), founded in 1962 initially under the name Groupe Europeen de Chimiotherapie Anti- cancereuse (GECA), is an extramural European Institute for collecting, co-ordinating and encouraging the work of scientists researching into cancer treatment at 16 European institutes: 3 in W.
The past 20 years have seen a surge of research into colorectal cancer, which is a reflection of the need to improve our methods of treating patients suffering from this increasingly common form of cancer.
This volume summarizes the proceedings of the fifth biennial Cancer Teaching Symposium held on March 4 and 5, 1972 at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
The recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in the breast by mammography is a skill that must be acquired through training and experience in the same way the radiologist learns to recognize the normal or abnormal skull, gastrointestinal tract, chest, spine, and other anatomy.
While our knowledge about cancer is proliferating rapidly, our principles of cancer medicine for individual patients and for populations are evolving only gradually.
For many years the etiology of human tumors has almost exclusively been attributed to environmental factors, which seemed to be involved not only in the induction of neo- plasms but also in other phases of tumorigenesis.
The task of updating the classification was given to theClassification and Nomenclature Committee of theInternational Society of Gynecological Pathologists and itsfour subcommittees.
Der erstmalig 1974 erschienene Tumorlokalisationsschlüssel - die deutschsprachige Fassung des Topographieteils der ICD-O - hat sich als Kodierungsrichtlinie bei der Dokumentation maligner Tumoren bewährt.
In spite of great advance made by ENT and maxillofacial surgeons as well as radiotherapists to improve therapy of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx, it has not been possible in the past 4 decades to raise the chances of patient survival above 40%-45%.
Although plasma cell tumors are still an enigma, the authorprovides an excellent overview of all aspects of examinationand treatment of gammopathies, based on 30 years ofexperience examining more than 1500 patients.
As the demographics of the population shift toward an increasingly aged society, the number of individuals with cancer increases and with it the need to give the most comprehensive possible health care delivery.
The development of new techniques such as immuno- phenotyping, cytogenetic investigations and, more recently, molecular studies has considerably increased our diagnostic repertoire and broadened our ideas about the biology of acute leukemias.
Die Beurteilung der Krankheitsverläufe von Tumorpatienten und deren Prognose bedarf - ebenso wie die onkologische Qualitätskontrolle - einer systematischen Dokumentation.
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma is a rare thyroid tumororiginating from neural crest cells, the C-cell that impliesseveral special features, secretion of differentneuroendocrine markers, association with other endocrinetumors and familial appearance.
Advances in breast cancer research, achieved through the progress of knowledge and development of new therapies, have been translated into improved quality of care for breast cancer patients.
Provided here is a comprehensive examination of the basicand clinical condition of three innovative and promisingapproaches to cancer therapy, which may support or evensubstitute chemotherapy: differentiation, immunomodulation,and inhibition of angiogenesis.
Knowledge of tumours of the salivary glands has advanced consider- ably in the two decades that have elapsed since work was started on the first edition of Histological Typing of Salivary Gland Tumours.
Tumours and tumour-like lesions occurring in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Ear are classified and defined using internationally accepted terminology and diagnostic criteria.
Das Buch enthält die Übersichtsreferate und Gastvorlesungen, die auf der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft im August/September 1990 in Hannover gehalten wurden.
Until the middle of the present century, the morphology and function of the thymus were primarily of interest to those working in the fields of pathologic anatomy, endo- crinology, and pediatrics.
The administration of chemotherapeutic agents by continuous infusion with concomitant radiation therapy heralds a new approach in the treatment of cancer.
The development of the capacity to use electron beams at various energies stimulated the development of the new technology of intraoperative radiation therapy.
Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1990 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie enthält die Hauptreferate, die von besonderen Sachkennern für die Jahresversammlung geschrieben wurden.
Papers from the 4th International Copenhagen Symposium on the Detection of Breast Cancer giving latest advances in early detection, especially early screening programs.
This classic WHO reference has been updated in a new edition; it provides a standardized set of terms and definitions which facilitate national and international comparisons of data.
