Oncology

A new perspective on the link between inflammation and cancer Inflammation is the human body s normal biological response to threats in the modern world, as well as a defense against the harmful influence of pathogens, the environment, and poor nutrition.

Gynecologic malignancies, especially endometrial and ovarian cancers are among the most important and most severely affected by obesity.

This book serves as a guide to the pulmonary and critical care complications  of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

The handbook comprehensively reviews the therapeutic potential of stem cells and stem cell secretome-based cell-free strategies in regenerative medicine.

Navigating the tumultuous waters of cancer treatment and decision making is difficult for all patients.

Since the last edition of this book, major advances have been made in our understanding of key pathways that control tumor progression.

Pancreatic Cancer, Cystic Neoplasms and Endocrine Tumors: Diagnosis and Management is a modern, expertly crafted and clinically focused guide to the diagnosis, management and best-practice care of patients suffering from pancreatic cancer, cystic neoplasms and endocrine tumours.

After considering the aging population in developed countries, it has become clear to physicians and public policy administrators that prevention of cancer must play a more important role in national anti-cancer policy than it has in the past.

This volume investigates the links between the incidence of diet-related cancers and dietary patterns within Europe.

This book aims to provide threshold models to help physicians to make optimal diagnostic, therapeutic and predictive decisions.

In this bestselling guide, discover the healing power of diet and nutrition as an alternative therapy to help you heal from cancer and other ailments.

Global experts present thought-provoking debates on 50 topics in gynecologic oncology, one of modern healthcare''s most controversial areas.

This full-colour, richly-illustrated book is an excellent source of rapidly retrievable information on aspects of relevance in daily clinical practice in the outpatient breast clinic.

Cancer genetics is a quickly growing field within oncology.

Hormonal influences, both natural and iatrogenic, are implicated in the most frequent health issues of women.

In the fifth edition of this highly successful book, the author once again aims to equip the reader with up-to-date information that will facilitate accurate diagnosis of bone and joint diseases by means of combined use of scintigraphy and radiology.

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research.

Cancer Grading Manual addresses all histopathologic aspects of tumor pathology essential for grading of tumors.

Cell adhesion is one of the most important properties controlling embryonic development.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide for the safe and efficient management of patients with intrinsic brain tumors and medically intractable epilepsy.

This comprehensive encyclopedia, comprising a wide range of entries written by leading experts, provides detailed information on radiation oncology, including the most recent developments in the field.

This wide-ranging account will be essential for breast cancer specialists, trainees in oncology and clinical research scientists.

Precision pathology of cancer is a new frontier - a systemic diagnostic approach to provide specific therapeutic targets and genetic and metabolic information for the treatment of patients.

In recent decades, cytopathology has assumed an increasing role in the primary diagnosis of mass lesions owing to its ability to deliver rapid, non-invasive, and timely information.

This book provides a state-of-the-art approach to the molecular basis of hematologic diseases and its translation into improved diagnostics and novel therapeutic strategies.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States.

This book, now in an extensively revised second edition, provides an exhaustive review of the state of the art in the management of prostate cancer, from screening to treatment, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach.

The Handbook of Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology is a focused pocket-sized handbook designed for Radiation Oncology trainees and residents, to serve as an up-to-date, quick resource to lead them through all of the standard steps to plan and deliver radiotherapy for all major malignancies.

Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond explores-through thoughtful, thorough, and diverse scientific review and analyses-factors that have led to recent public health emergencies and offers a vision for a better protected global environment.

The introduction of colposcopy and exfoliative cytology as a means of examining the cervix uteri has opened up the possibility of studying the preceding and early stages of invasive carcinoma of the cervix and has also brought to light a number of conditions which are possibly only indirectly related, if related at all, to cervical neo- with histological evaluation it is possible to plasia.

In the current digital era with the exponential growth of medical knowledge, voluminous textbooks have gradually been replaced by the pocketbooks with tables, figures, images, and e-links to digital book versions with supplemental materials available online.

Students learn in diverse ways, and their grades may not always accurately reflect their true understanding.

This book fills an important gap in the professional's daily practice of both Oncology and Hematology.

Among the many forms of cancer treatment, chemotherapy remains an important part of the arsenal in which Navelbine and Taxotere play a major role.

This book covers foundational topics in the emerging field of radiopharmaceutical therapy.

Understand Quantitative Radiobiology from a Radiation Biophysics PerspectiveIn the field of radiobiology, the linear-quadratic (LQ) equation has become the standard for defining radiation-induced cell killing.

In February 1980 the Royal College of Radiologists, London, held its Second Symposium on Clinical Oncology.

In our environmentally conscious society, reports of an increase in the risk of developing several cancers - including melanoma, lymphoma and lung cancer - have excited great controversy.

This book comprehensively describes the association between metabolic syndrome and pancreatic cancer progression, and the mechanism of action and target definition with a view to drug discovery.

This superbly illustrated atlas of breast tomosynthesis covers all aspects and applications of the technology, which reduces tissue overlap and facilitates the recognition of small cancers.

Hans-Jorg Senn H.