Oncology

The treatment of prostate cancer continues to be problematic owing to serious side-effects, including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence.

Novalis(R) Shaped Beam Radiosurgery has set new standards by delivering highly precise radiation treatments to tumors anywhere in the body through the use of a proprietary multileaf collimator.

The impact of molecular imaging on diagnostics, therapy, and follow-up in oncology is increasing steadily.

This book is based on presentations by some of the world's leading experts at the Sixth International Conference on Clinical Cancer Prevention, held in St.

Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive and fatal neoplasm of serous membranes that still shows a rising incidence worldwide.

Non-thermal irreversible electroporation is a new minimally invasive surgical p- cedure with unique molecular selectivity attributes - in fact it may be considered the first clinical molecular surgery procedure.

Over the last decades the incidence of skin cancers is dramatically increasing world-wide.

99mTc-sestamibi is a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radiotracer that is widely used for the imaging of myocardial perfusion, as well as a variety of malignant and benign diseases.

This book covers a broad spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices employed in pediatric oncology worldwide, with a special focus on the methods widely used in Western countries.

Der vorliegende Band „Mamma, Weibliches Genitale, Schwangerschaft und Kindererkrankungen“ enthält eine systematische Darstellung der pathologischen Veränderungen der genannten Organe, Organsysteme und Erkrankungsgruppen.

Knowledge about the etiology and diagnosis as well as treatment concepts of neu- oncologic diseases is rapidly growing.

Inflammation in gastrointestinal mucosa can remodel the topography of the overlying epithelium.

Operative urology has evolved in recent years to include laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical procedures, which have resulted in significant improvements in quality of life-related outcome.

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

Extensive research into the molecular mechanisms of cancer disease has heralded a new age of targeted therapy.

Over the past decade, PET-CT has achieved great success owing to its ability to simultaneously image structure and function, and show how the two are related.

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of conditions that straddle the borders between infection and malignancy.

Basic research discusses the implication of pancreatic stress protein in acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer and their possible role as therapeutic targets.

"e;Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Breast Cancer"e; describes the reconstructive techniques that have been refined over the past decade by surgeons in a very high volume unit.

"e;Basics of Oncology"e; provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific and clinical aspects of cancer.

Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management provides a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge on nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management.

Although [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) generally shows an excellent performance as a cancer-imaging agent when using PET-CT, there are some settings in which other radiopharmaceuticals offer advantages.

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

Pediatric Oncology Nursing: Advanced Clinical Hand- signs, diagnostic and laboratory procedures, tre- book is a joint effort between nurses in Canada, the ment, prognosis, and follow up care are included for United Kingdom, and the United States.

Pediatric CNS Tumors is a detailed review of childhood brain tumors with a particular emphasis on providing treatment algorithms for each tumor type.

This volume provides a deeper understanding of the diagnosis of brain tumors by correlating radiographic imaging features with the underlying pathological abnormalities.

This book comprehensively summarizes the adverse effects of tobacco smoking on human health.

Multiple myeloma is currently still an incurable disease, but during the past decade knowledge of its molecular pathogenesis has increased rapidly.

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to examine in detail a range of interesting new concepts in the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

This book describes the current status of the very rapidly developing field of high-field MR and examines the possibilities, challenges, and limitations of this fascinating technology.

New technological approaches in dermatologic diagnostics, such as surface microscopy and dermoscopy, are continuously advancing.

This book deals in detail with all aspects of the best practice in modern radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma.

In 1920s, Otto Warburg described the phenomenon of 'aerobic glycolysis', the ability of tumour cells to convert glucose to lactate in the presence of normal oxygen conditions.

Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm and its incidence is rising worldwide.

Books mark the progress of Man since they were invented.

Rapid progress in the technique and practice of virtual colonoscopy as well as the conti- ing clinical high interest for this radiodiagnostic procedure made this second edition, only 3 years after the publication of the ?

Based on the understanding of the molecular basis of skin diseases, this truly international book supports the reader to understand the mode of action of new and established therapies.

Detection and characterization of bone tumors with imaging remains a big challenge for every radiologist notwithstanding the impressive progress achieved by the introduction of several new imaging modalities.

Bone and soft tissue sarcomas represent only about 2% of all malignancies; however, their treatment - with the goal of curing the patient while preserving the functionality of the affected body part - can, unlike other malignancies, only be successful with therapy concepts devised by interdisciplinary teams.

This user-friendly atlas, featuring about 500 images, should be a quick guide to interpreting PET/CT images with FDG in oncology.

It is a great privilege to introduce this book devoted to the current and future roles in research and clinical practice of another exciting new development in MRI: Diffusi- weighted MR imaging.

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MRI Atlas of Prostate Cancer analyses high-resolution MRI scanning and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI.

Angiogenesis is attracting increased scientific and clinical interest.

Radiation Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach (ROEBA) is a reference book designed to enable radiation oncologists, including those in training, to make diagnostic and treatment decisions on the basis of the best available scientific evidence.

Radioisotope-based molecular imaging probes provide unprecedented insight into biochemistry and function involved in both normal and disease states of living systems, with unbiased in vivo measurement of regional radiotracer activities offering very high specificity and sensitivity.

Multimodal treatment lies at the heart of the improvement in cancer cure rates.