Oncology

The lowly mushroom, grown quietly, in the dark, has suddenly sprung onto the health scene as a miracle cure.

The writing of this monograph was stimulated on the one hand by experience gained in the study of "e;cancer families"e;, and on the other, by the frequent perplexed and bewildered comments made by numerous physicians who have expressed amaze- ment that we could think that "e;cancer is hereditary"e;.

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia is a timely compilation of new concepts in the molecular pathogenesis and molecular therapy of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

This comprehensive text provides guidelines to the care of elderly cancer patients, which is different from that of younger adults.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to current state-of-the-art auto-segmentation approaches used in radiation oncology for auto-delineation of organs-of-risk for thoracic radiation treatment planning.

This volume provides readers with detailed protocols covering the main cancer cytogenetics techniques needed for clinical utilization and research purposes.

WT1 is a DNA Binding Protein Containing Four C2H2 Zinc Fingers .

This work describes the importance of tumor microenvironment in favouring tumor progression and angiogenesis.

There is an increasing need for educational resources for statisticians and investigators.

This book is intended to provide a text on statistical methods for detecting clus ters and/or clustering of health events that is of interest to ?

It is a remarkable observation that human creativity can be fostered by spectacular scenery, itself usually the result of tectonic activity which raises mountains of beauty but carries the sting of earthquakes and eruptions.

Principles of Research Methodology: A Guide for Clinical Investigators is the definitive, comprehensive guide to understanding and performing clinical research.

This book illustrates the importance and significance of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of various human diseases.

Non-melanoma skin cancer is a global public health issue.

The second edition of The Growing Spine has been extensively revised to cover recent advances in knowledge and management.

Beta-Interferon ist heute das Medikament, das den Krankheitsprozeß der multiplen Sklerose verzögern kann.

Peritoneal malignancy is a rapidly growing field within surgical oncology.

Relaxin and Related Peptides discusses the established paradigms, the contradictions, and the most recent findings and future directions in the field of relaxin research.

The Royal Marsden Hospital Handbook of Wound Management in Cancer Care offers evidence-based guidance on wound management in a practical and easily accessible format.

The success rate for treatment of primary neoplasms has improved sig- nificantly due to improved surgical, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy methods, and by supportive patient care.

A biomarker is a molecule that is measured as a marker of normal biological processes, disease processes or the response to a diagnostic or therapeutic intervention.

Due to the latest developments in magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of liver pathology, a second, completely revised and enlarged edition of this book was felt necessary - despite only three years having elapsed since the first edition.

Dogs that visit patients with cancer have been convincingly shown to reduce stress, loneliness, and mood disturbance that may complicate cancer care.

The first text to focus solely on quality and safety in radiotherapy, this work encompasses not only traditional, more technically oriented, quality assurance activities, but also general approaches of quality and safety.

This book provides a guide to the diagnosis and management of melanoma.

Tactics is the art of combining the action of troops or the proper means of different arms with the object of obtaining the maximum success at combat.

Improved cancer treatment and survival rates have resulted in a growing number of cancer survivors who live years, and even decades, after their cancer diagnosis.

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This volume provides detailed protocols for the identification and understanding of vasculogenic mimicry process in vitro and in vivo, in addition to protocols for microscopy and histology.

This book, written by leading international experts, deals exclusively with reconstruction techniques for the Nipple-Areolar Complex (NAC).

In the post-genomic era, cancer is a genetic disease.

This Recent Results in Cancer Research volume provides an up-to-date overview of the multidisciplinary management of locally confined rectal cancer as well as colorectal cancer with synchronous resectable liver metastases.

Regulation of malignant cell growth by the immune system has been extensively studied by cancer researchers hoping to develop immuno- therapeutic approaches to cancer management.

Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and US and the second most common worldwide.

This thoroughly revised second edition is an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge of Notch and Notch signaling in embryology and cancer.

Durch den molekularbiologischen Erkenntnisfortschritt und die damit zusammenhängenden Methodenentwicklungen sowie die kürzlich gelungene Entschlüsselung des menschlichen Genoms ergeben sich auch für die Krebsforschung und insbesondere für die Früherkennung hereditärer Tumore durch eine umfassende Gendiagnostik neue Möglichkeiten für die Erfassung von genetischen Risikofaktoren, die zur Krebsentstehung prädisponieren.

This reference book compiles together different animal models in cancer research.

This book offers a practical approach to the histologic analysis of a wide range of melanocytic skin lesions, including various nevi and different forms of melanoma, as well as pigmented non-melanocytic lesions.

This comprehensive guide describes the aftercare that is appropriate in young cancer patients and discusses in detail the risk and detection of treatment sequelae.

Although lymphoscintigraphy was originally introduced into clinical routine for identification of the cause of peripheral edema, more recently it has been widely applied for radioguided biopsy of the sentinel lymph node in patients with solid cancers.

This volume presents methods and protocols on modern analysis of steroid receptor and prostate cancer function.

Survival rates in cases of uveal melanoma and retinoblastoma - the leading intraocular malignancies in adults and children - may be high, but means of earlier diagnosis and improved treatment options are needed to preserve vision and prevent metastasis.

This comprehensive volume provides exhaustive interpretations of surgery for gynecologic cancer.

Recent advances in cytotoxins and immunotoxins are accelerating our understanding of cancer and leading to more effective therapeutic treatments.