Oncology

This book reviews the role of exosomes and extracellular vesicles in both normal and pathological conditions.

Building on the success of this book's first edition, Dr.

Percutaneous tumor ablation techniques are now well established in the curative or pall- tive treatment of patients with primary or secondary malignant tumors of the liver.

Personalized Cancer Chemotherapy separately describes and addresses "e;individualized cancer chemotherapy"e; (ICC) strategies new and old, to provide readers with new insights into their characteristics and techniques, as well as key debates and future trends in this area.

Radical prostatectomy involves the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland and the seminal vesicles.

Genetic susceptibility refers to how variations in a person's genes increase or decrease his or her susceptibility to environmental factors, such as chemicals, radiation and lifestyle (diet and smoking).

This book provides an introduction into the field of digital medicine, its wide spectrum of current clinical applications, and the future practice of medicine.

Readers will discover the relatively new and rapidly growing field of regenerative surgery and fat grafting, valuable for numerous plastic surgery, reconstructive, and aesthetic/cosmetic essentials.

This easy-to-understand pocketbook in the highly respected Clark's stable of imaging texts is an invaluable tool and training aid, providing essential information for mammographic positioning, technique and interpretation for mammography practitioners at all levels.

This is a comprehensive 2006 guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility.

This book includes some selected presentations given at the 3rd International Congress on Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy which was held in Paris from February 6th to February 9th, 1991.

Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients.

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.

Radiation Oncology provides residents, fellows, and clinicians with a practical, evidence-based guide to the current management of difficult cases in radiation oncology.

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The aim of this book is to provide crisp information related to pathology, management and radiological/molecular imaging in breast carcinoma, along with detailed information on FDG PET-CT in breast cancer, normal variants, artefacts, pitfalls with atlas illustrations.

Peptidomics of Cancer-Derived Enzyme Products, Volume 42, the latest in The Enzymes series, is ideal for researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, and cancer, with this volume featuring high-caliber, thematic articles on the topic of peptidomics of cancer-derived enzyme products.

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.

Soft tissue tumors (STTs) are frequently misdiagnosed in inexperienced hands.

In the view of most experts pharmacology is on drugs, targets, and actions.

This book presents detailed state of the art knowledge on the humoral primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), i.

This atlas offers comprehensive coverage of surgical reconstruction after skin cancer surgery.

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Cancer imposes daunting effects on the nervous system Brain cancer is one of the most devastating diagnoses a physician can deliver.

This book provides an exhaustive review of the current state of the art in the management of prostate cancer, from screening to treatment.

After considering the aging population in developed countries, it has become clear to physicians and public policy administrators that prevention of cancer must play a more important role in national anti-cancer policy than it has in the past.

This book offers a comprehensive, practical resource entirely devoted to Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography (CEDM), a state-of-the-art technique that has emerged as a valuable addition to conventional imaging modalities in the detection of primary and recurrent breast cancer, and as an important preoperative staging tool for women with breast cancer.

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Now, it its second edition, this book summarizes the role of immune cells in tumor suppression and progression.

Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer is the first volume in the series, Pharmaceutical Leads from Medicinal Plants.

Over the past 5 years, clinical immunology, as a whole, has advanced more rapidly than over the past 20 years.

The world of medicine has become splintered into two factions, that of orthodoxy and its counterpart, alternative or complementary medicine.

This book is aimed to summarise the key aspects of the role of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in breast cancer, with special attention to their contribution to tumour progression and establishment of metastatic disease.

The biological function of clusterin (CLU, also known as ApoJ, SGP2, TRPM2, CLI) has been puzzling researchers since its discovery and characterization in the early 1980s.

Recent advances in understanding of fundamental immunology have created new insights into the dynamic interactions between tumors and the immune system.

The "e;world"e; of soft tissue sarcomas is a highly complex one, due to the large range of tumor types, each of which is characterized by specific features in terms of its epidemiology, pathology diagnosis, clinical behavior, therapy and biomarker pattern (of both diagnostic and therapeutic value).

This is the second edition of a very well received book devoted specifically to the treatment of liver tumors by radioembolization with 90Y microspheres.

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and the efficacy of cancer drugs is often limited due to poor bioavailability and drug resistance.

There are few publications about chemotherapy in children, and none of them is a book aimed at pharmacists.

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving field of molecular neuropathology of nervous system tumors, as well as the underlying biology and emerging molecular targeted therapies.

This book highlights recent developments of organic and inorganic nanomedicine that play a major role in anti-angiogenic cancer therapy.

Even though slightly over half of the U.

This concise text provides acomplete overview of alternating electric fields therapy -- also known as tumortreating fields -- for glioblastoma and other types of solid tumormalignancies.

Natural compounds obtained from plants represent a tremendous global market due to their use as food additives, cosmetics, in agriculture and in pharmaceuticals.

Increased oxidative stress due to the production of excessive amounts of free radicals along with the effects of chronic inflammation plays a major role in the initiation and progression of most chronic diseases.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the pharmacokinetic models used for the quantitative interpretation of contrast-enhanced imaging.

The tumor environment is a dynamic network that includes cancer cells, immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines and receptors.

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