This Springer brief discusses the use of control engineering methods to plan a cancer therapy which tends to reduce tumour size in patients, striking a balance that minimizes the toxic effects of the treatment.
Revealing essential roles of the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression, this book focuses on the role of hematopoietic components of the tumor microenvironment.
This book will focus on DNA and histone methylation in epigenetics and describe how it is involved in the molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of cancer.
Symptoms of the breast in gravid women commonly represent physiological changes, however they may also be related to serious underlying breast disease; this challenging dilemma is aggravated by diagnostic and therapeutic limitations imposed by safety issues regarding the mother and fetus.
This book offers an up-to-date review on the principles and practice of multidimensional assessment and management of the older individual, which represents the cornerstone of modern clinical practice in the elderly.
Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.
This concise book examines clinically relevant issues relating to the ways in which bone marrow, cord blood and apheresis products, are processed and stored for the purpose of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy.
As there are a number of nuances in terms of how to manage mutation carriers (both with and without a concomitant diagnosis of breast cancer), this text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field.
Cancer cell biology research in general, and anti-cancer drug development specifically, still relies on standard cell culture techniques that place the cells in an unnatural environment.
The book will explain previously unconnected clinical data such as why mammography works better for women age 50-59 than it does for women age 40-49, why adjuvant chemotherapy works best for premenopausal patients with positive lymph nodes, and it may also explain the racial disparity in outcome.
"e;Precision/personalized or stratified medicine"e; refers to the tailoring of medical treatment or drug administration to the individual characteristics of each patient treatment.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the biology of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the associated ER proteins, it discusses their structure, function and signaling mechanisms in the cell and their role in disease.
Revealing essential roles of the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on the role of chemokines in the tumor microenvironment.
This book addresses the current concepts in tissue acquisition, diagnosis, and classification of mediastinal lesions in small biopsies including cytology.
This book clearly explains when and how different rehabilitation techniques should be applied in the aging patient, thereby enabling readers to identify and apply those rehabilitation strategies that will maximize quality of life and functional independence in individual cases.
This book focuses on bladder cancer pathology, including primary bladder malignancies and other tumor varieties, with an emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls and clinical relevance.
This book provides state-of-the-art reviews of key issues and recent developments relating to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), acquainting the reader with advances in research, treatment, and promotion of public health.
Ziel dieses Buchs ist es, die besonderen Belange alter Patienten mit Krebserkrankungen bei der Diagnosestellung, Versorgung und Therapie zusammenzufassen.
This book addresses key issues of controversy in radiation oncology for each disease site, with expert commentaries from leading authorities in the field.
The present book on Molecular & Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Strategies of ovarian cancer is one of two companion books with the second one being focused on Cell and Molecular Biology of Ovarian Cancer.
Knapp und präzise ist zu häufigen und seltenen Krankheitsbildern, die für die tägliche Routine des Hämatologen relevant sind, das diagnostische Vorgehen beschrieben.
This fully updated and revised new edition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in prostate cancer.
This book comprehensibly describes the clinical details of anatomic hepatic resection using the Glissonean pedicle approach for hepatocellular carcinoma.
This volume reviews the current research focused on the functional importance of unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling in the context of health and disease.
This volume focuses on our current understanding of the molecular underpinnings of prostate cancer and their potential application for precision medicine approaches.
This book, co-authored by an internationally acclaimed team of experts in the field of pediatric oncologic imaging, provides a comprehensive update on new advances in diagnostic imaging as they relate to pediatric oncology.
This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the novel concepts in stem cell heterogeneity, from pluripotent stem cells to human mesenchymal stem cells, adult and cancer stem cells of the thyroid, sarcoma, and more.
Die Möglichkeiten, die die Anwendung der Robotersysteme für die wichtigsten Indikationsbereiche in der Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie bietet, aber auch ihre Limitationen werden fundiert und detailliert von erfahrenen Experten beschrieben: Patientenlagerung, Zugang und schrittweise Durchführung der Operationen, Ergebnisse und Vergleich mit konventionell laparoskopischen und offenen Operationen, postoperatives Management, Lernkurve der Operateure, Vor- und Nachteile der roboterassistierten Verfahren.
Written by internationally renowned experts, the 3rd edition of this six volume textbook provides detailed practical guidance and advice on the diagnosis and management of the complete range of ocular cancers.
Das vorliegende Buch orientiert sich an den Inhalten der Zusatz-Weiterbildung Palliativmedizin und wendet sich an Ärzte in Weiterbildung zum Palliativmediziner, ebenso wie an alle palliativmedizinisch tätigen Ärzte.
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the 13th commonest cancer worldwide, and the most common cancer in the Asian subcontinent due to the widespread habit of tobacco and betel nut chewing.
This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers.
