Oncology

Pediatric Surgery provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of current practice in the field.

I am honored to be asked to write a foreword to this comprehensive and fascinating book on skull base surgery (SBS) by Dr.

Biostatistics for Oncologists is the first practical guide providing the essential biostatistical concepts, oncology-specific examples, and applicable problem sets for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and surgical oncologists.

On March 27, 1990, the National Cancer Institute sponsored a workshop on the epidemiology of multiple myeloma, held at the National Institutes of Health.

The purpose of this book is to bring a new understanding to bear on the diagnosis of brain tumors by linking radiographic image characteristics to the underlying pathology.

Based on extensive clinical, histological, and experimental studies, this guide serves as an authoritative source of information on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of cutaneous lymphomas-reflecting the state-of-the-art in the field of cutaneous lymphomas-presented in the context of the brand-new WHO/EORTC-consensu

This 2006 book describes the clinical classification, underlying biological mechanisms and treatment of the myelodysplastic syndromes.

Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common cause of inherited colorectal cancer, a disease with a high mortality rate.

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

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Western countries.

Cushing's syndrome is a relatively rare clinical disorder that is associated with many co-morbidities such as systemic hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, impaired immune function and growth impairment in children, all of which severely reduce quality of life and life expectancy.

The field of kidney cancer has dramatically evolved over the past several years due to notable advances.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of toxicology, highlighting the significance of peptide-based toxins from marine environments.

Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: Clinical and Laboratory Analysis of Ovarian Toxicity provides the reader with a basic understanding on how the ovary is adversely impacted by cancer treatment, an essential foundational knowledge for this rapidly-developing field.

"e;General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology"e; brings together the world's leading authorities on tumor immunology.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

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

This book offers a summary and discussion of the advances of inflammation and infection in various cancers.

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.

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

This book encapsulates recent applications of CI methods in the field of computational oncology, especially cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and its optimized therapeutics.

The Atlas of Genitourinary Oncological Imaging presents a comprehensive visual review of appearances for normal anatomy and oncological diseases in the genitourinary system using over 900 radiological images and illustrations.

This book discusses the various modes and methods of nano-based drug delivery in different types of cancers such as colon, breast, cervical, ovarian, and lung cancer.

Recent advances have carried hepatology to new frontiers.

Advances in Photodynamic Therapy Research first presents some basic concepts about the photodynamic diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic diseases.

Psychoonkologie hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem eigenständigen Wissenschaftszweig entwickelt.

This book is devoted to recent advances in analysis of the molecular basis and dynamics of post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins for a comprehensive understanding of their key roles in cell signaling networks and diverse biological processes, and their perturbation in a variety of life-threatening diseases such as cancer and inflammatory diseases.

An estimated 90 percent of oncology patients in the United States receive treatment in outpatient cancer centers and clinics.

Currently there is a crisis occurring in healthcare involving clinician burnout, emotional exhaustion, lack of inspiration, and loss of personal meaning.

This 2006 book analyses tensions between those paying for cancer care, those providing care and those marketing drugs and devices.

The subject matter of volume 2 of the 2-volumes-handbook focusses especially on rare sarcomas of the whole female genitalia.

This volume, a state-of-the-art review of early phase clinical trials for cancer immunotherapy, discusses biomarker selection, combinatorial strategies and their safety or toxicity, determination of Phase 2 dosing, endpoints in the setting of radiographic pseudoprogression, histology selection, and novel immunotherapeutics as they relate to early phase cancer immunotherapy.

This book of the series on "e;Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease"e; includes state-of-the-art information on the status of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the form of 24 chapters.

This detailed volume explores the frontiers of tumor targeting approaches in the field of tumor-targeted drug delivery and cancer therapy.

In this book, leading experts in cancer immunotherapy join forces to provide a comprehensive guide that sets out the main principles of oncoimmunology and examines the latest advances and their implications for clinical practice, focusing in particular on drugs with FDA/EMA approvals and breakthrough status.

The pathology of the pancreas, which was a "e;hidden"e; retroperitoneal organ for many years, can now be marvelously depicted by the modern sectional imaging techniques.

Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the field of hormone action and consequent signal transduction.

This book presents the state of the art in high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), an oxygen therapy technique that has recently proven to be a very promising approach to supporting respiratory function in several medical fields.

This issue of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology records the proceedings of a Workshop on the Immunology of Sili- cones held at the Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, March 13 and 14, 1995.

This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer-with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Until the advent of the Access open magnet, introduced by Diasonics in 1988, claustrophobia and the loud hammering noise were considered part of the price patients had to pay for the ben- efits of this superb imaging approach.

Thoracic Malignancies:Thoracic Malignancies is the first title in Radiation Medicine Rounds.

This book provides up-to-date guidance on the use of FDG PET to assess the biological activity and treatment response of a wide range of malignancies, including, for example, lung cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, and malignant lymphoma.

No disease can exist by itself but rather each must be viewed as the result of some specific interaction between man and his environment.

Due to the topology and structure of the lymph nodes, their role in the pathogenesis and development of diseases is a very special one.

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

This entry in the series Pediatric Cancer offers comprehensive information on a variety of cancers, concentrating on brain tumors, the most common solid tumors and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in children.