Diseases and disorders

This book provides updated knowledge on esophageal cancer diagnosis and treatment options.

This volume highlights and broadens our understanding of the correct use and the possible contraindications of contrast agents applied in radiology.

Bone Marrow transplantation or Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a life saving procedure in a number of diseases,hematological and non hematological, which fail alternative medical management or have no other treatment options.

How do you keep track of basic information on the proteins you work with?

This book provides a practical guide to the clinical decision-making process used in the management of skin cancers with the use of dermoscopy.

Advances in Virus Research volume 97, the latest in the series first published in 1953, covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.

This detailed book serves to provide a global overview of the goals, rationale, and scientific basis for malaria control and elimination, as well as tools, methods, and strategies to that end.

Medical imaging progressed to a standard undreamt of notvery many years ago.

Le parcours de soins est conditionné par la nature et le stade du cancer.

Modern imaging methods have made it possible to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage than in the past.

An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care.

The last decade has witnessed rapid progress in our under- standing of the mechanisms of protein export and secretion in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

This book examines the effectiveness of a unique area of patient care, cannabis use in medicine.

Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases challenges students to develop a working knowledge of the variety of microorganisms that cause infections in humans.

Stepped Care 2.

A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air - is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.

This book deals with the paradoxical role of autophagy in tumor suppression and tumor promotion in cancer cells.

This book, now in a thoroughly revised and updated second edition, provides the latest information on cancer metastasis from the perspective of inflammation and presents new ideas on the complicated mechanisms of metastasis and potential therapeutic targets.

Complementary Strategies to Study Virus Structure and Function, Volume 104, the latest release in the Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on X-ray structures from crystals of viral proteins grown in cellula, NMR and SAXS to study protein dynamics and natively disordered viral proteins, Mass spectrometry to study virus particle assembly, Atomic force microscopy to study virus particles, Non-enveloped viruses and interactions with antibodies, Non-enveloped viruses and their mechanism of entry into cells, Structures of enveloped virions by electron cryo-microscopy and cryo-tomography, and many other interesting topics.

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 represents an up-dated summary of the state of the art of the characterization of cancer stem cell/ cancer initiating cell (CSC/CIC) properties.

Recently the CXCR4/CXCL12-axis has been recognized as one of the pivotal adhesion pathways by which hematopoietic stem cells are retained in the bone marrow.

In this newly updated, second edition, leading medical specialists critically review for the general practitioner the latest techniques for the clinical management of diabetic neuropathy.

In recent years, researchers around the globe have deep dived into the fascination world of the Macrophage and its diverse role in tissue development, angiogenesis, and wound healing, and above all the untapped mystery of the wondering immune system within our body.

This monograph equips clinicians with the knowledge required to detect oral cancer at the earliest possible stage while simultaneously inspiring researchers to work on novel methods of detection.

The field of genito-urinary oncology is rapidly evolving at virtually every level.

Well-Differentiated Malignancies: New Perspectives is devoted to an important topic in surgical pathology which is inadequately covered by currently available books.

Diagnostic Pathology of Pleuropulmonary Neoplasia highlights the morphologic basis, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and molecular biology of tumoral and pseudotumoral conditions of the lung and pleura.

This book illustrates the basics and underlying molecular machinery of cancer cells and biochemical assays that detect the type and stage of cancer through cell signaling biomarkers.

It covers all aspects of DC generation, function, survival and antitumor activity in the tumor environment both in vivo and in experimental in vitro systems.

Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease.

Reports on the emergence and prevalence of resistant bacterial infections in hospitals and communities raise concerns that we may soon no longer be able to rely on antibiotics as a way to control infectious diseases.

Bone Cancer: Bone Sarcomas and Bone Metastases - From Bench to Bedside, Third Edition comprehensively investigates key discoveries in the field of bone biology.

Cet ouvrage décrit le contexte de la prostitution dans les pays du tiers-monde, l'essor du tourisme sexuel, les conditions de vie des femmes et des enfants prostitués et leur attitude face au risque du sida.

Dieses Schulungsbuch wendet sich an Zielgruppen, welche in ihrer Arbeit mit Alkoholkranken-Menschen direkt und indirekt in Berührung kommen und sich mit dem Thema Alkoholismus aus verschiedenen Perspektiven beschäftigen wollen.

Sabine Stubler compares different proteasome isoforms and subtypes in terms of their transport and active site-related parameters applying an existing computational model.

This book provides healthcare professionals with a practice theory for the care and management of patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.

Discrimination of self from nonself is the major function of the immune system and understanding the mechanism(s) involved a main employer of immunologists.

JIMD Reports publishes case and short research reports in the area of inherited metabolic disorders.

In the last decade, there has been a remarkable explosion of knowledge in hematologic cancer from basic molecular biology and pathology to clinical therapy.

Microbes as Tools for Cell Biology bridges the gap between cell biology and microbiology.

This important collection provides an epidemiological perspective on the continuing scope of sickle cell disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside the clinical attempts to provide comprehensive care in a resource-limited setting.

This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012.

The book "e;The Fundamentals of Hypersensitivity and Allergy"e; comprises of seven chapters and describes the historical perspective, causes and classification of hypersensitivities, which are important in understanding the current issues regarding conditions in which the immune system which normally serves a protective role has a harmful effect.

More than one in six men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime.

On a cold February morning in 1987, amidst freezing rain and driving winds, a group of protesters stood outside of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This book is an in-depth examination of the current state of the art and new advances in prostate cancer care and offers a fresh perspective with insights from Africa.