Oncology

This volume details multiple areas of new and emerging methods to develop the next generation of immunotherapy treatments.

The series of volumes entitled Biological Responses in Cancer provides information on approaches through which the interaction between neoplas- tic and normal cells may be modified.

Revealing essential roles of the tumor microenvironment components in cancer progression, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on the tumor microenvironment in several organs, including brain, neck, tongue, larynges, esophagus, carotid body, breast, prostate, ovary, endometrium, liver, pancreas, bladder, penis, seminal vesicle, retina, and pituitary, pineal and sweat glands, and more.

This book seeks to promote an integrated approach among the various specialists involved in the management of rectal cancer with a view to ensuring that treatment is tailored appropriately to the individual patient.

Overcoming Cancers Resistant to HER-2 Antibodies provides general updated information on the resistance of various human cancers to anti-HER2 therapeutic antibodies.

This new edition offers comprehensive coverage of all areas of interventional pulmonology, a minimally invasive endoscopic method for diagnosing and treating lung disorders.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the field of diagnostic histopathology of sinonasal tumors and tumor-like lesions.

Algorithmen und begleitende Texte helfen Ihnen, sich einen schnellen Überblick über Differenzialdiagnosen und Differenzialtherapien zu verschaffen.

This invaluable resource discusses insights ranging from basic biological mechanisms of various types of stem cells through the potential applications in the treatment of human diseases, including cancer and genetic disorders.

This third edition provides new and updated chapters on gene therapeutic strategies of cancer.

Advances in Cell and Molecular Diagnostics brings the scientific advances in the translation and validation of cellular and molecular discoveries in medicine into the clinical diagnostic setting.

The book covers the basic concept of surgical and oncosurgical disciplines as a whole, as well as the management of surgical patients from pre-op preparation to discharge, i.

The volume raises attention to the need of a completely new approach to breast cancer based on the knowledge collected on early breast cancer in the past two decades.

The first observation of cold-induced precipitation of serum proteins dates back to 1933, when Wintrobe and Buell first described an unusual case of multiple myeloma in a woman whose serum reversibly precipitated at cold temperatures.

The editor of Skin Cancer Management: A Practical Approach, Dr.

The "e;Hematological Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: An Interdisciplinary Approach"e; is the eleventh volume of the "e;Interdisciplinary Cancer Research"e; series, publishes a comprehensive volume on the diagnosis and treatment of hematological cancers.

Todo el personal de salud involucrado en el manejo y el cuidado de pacientes con tumores malignos conoce la importancia del equipo multidisciplinario para lograr el máximo beneficio de los pacientes.

This vital collection provides a unique set of techniques to explore the clinical, pathological, and research aspects of the management of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma.

This book provides an holistic picture of the application of research in radiography and focuses on multivariant methodological approaches and practices.

This is the fourth book in a series dealing with breast cancer.

Modern brachytherapy is one of the most important oncological treatment modalities requiring an integrated approach that utilizes new technologies, advanced clinical imaging facilities, and a thorough understanding of the radiobiological effects on different tissues, the principles of physics, dosimetry techniques and protocols, and clinical expertise.

In 26 präzisen und praxisnahen Kapiteln fasst dieses Buch das Wissen zusammen, das Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgen in der Weiterbildung und in ihrem klinischen Alltag zu thoraxchirurgischen Fragestellungen benötigen.

Lymphatic mapping techniques have provenare proving to be crucial to the early detection and safe treatment of gynecological and breast cancers.

Addresses the emotional and psychological issues that face women with breast cancer, especially those who lose one of their breasts to the disease.

This issue of Radiation Medicine Rounds examines the latest advances in the use of radiation medicine in treatment of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males and radiation therapy is a major tool in the management of the disease.

An essential guide to the treatment and management of lung cancer Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, attributed mostly to environmental and behavioral factors.

With chapters from globally recognized academics, General Radiography shows the multifaceted approach to general radiography and how it enhances healthcare delivery.

This book concisely describes the role of omics in precision medicine for cancer therapies.

Molecular Genetics of Colorectal Neoplasia A Primer for the Clinician provides the latest information on the genetics of colorectal cancer within a context of basic genetics, describing the subject in understandable language and making it clinically relevant.

This book reviews the principles and applications of radiotherapy in the management of pediatric brain tumors to allow the reader to gain a full appreciation of the major aspects involved in caring for these patients.

There are a variety of tumors that can arise from various compartments and cellular components of peripheral nerves throughout the body.

Alle wichtigen Tumoren des Gastrointestinaltraktes: Das Manual beinhaltet Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge aller entscheidende Tumoren des Gastrointestinaltraktes.

This volume provides the reader with an overview of the diverse functions of the RUNX family of genes.

This book covers relevant concepts in nuclear cardiology, combining imaging techniques and clinical data to do so.

Walter and Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy is a key textbook for therapeutic radiography students as well as trainee clinical and medical oncologists, clinical physicists and technologists.

This new edition of Handbook of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology: Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland features practical guidance on how to handle common inpatient and outpatient challenges seen in pediatric hematology and oncology.

This thesis focuses on a novel radio-guided surgery technique for complete tumor resections.

This volume contains nine chapters that detail horizons in cancer research.

This practical, step-wise text covers the surgical approaches, resection strategies and reconstruction techniques used for each type of presenting tumor of the spine.

This book explains the immunology of organ-specific malignancies and discusses novel immunotherapy strategies for their treatment.

Breast Cancer:Over the course of the last decade, the treatment of breast cancer has evolved quite rapidly.

The history of the development of cancer therapy has been marked by a recurring pattern, one of initially exciting and encouraging results as new methods were introduced, followed by dismaying failures.

Nutritional oncology is an increasingly active interdisciplinary field where cancer is investigated as both a systemic and local disease originating with the changes in the genome and progressing through a multi-step process which may be influenced at many points in its natural history by nutritional factors that could impact the prevention of cancer, the quality of life of cancer patients, and the risk of cancer recurrence in the rapidly increasing population of cancer survivors.

This book explores various applications of deep learning to the diagnosis of cancer,while also outlining the future face of deep learning-assisted cancer diagnostics.

Breast cancer research has never been in such an exciting and hopeful phase as today.

Soft tissue tumors are a very heterogeneous group of tumors in terms of histogenesis, morphology, cytogenetics, molecular biology, clinical manifestation, and prognosis.