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.
Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.
This book is a contribution of translational and allied research to the proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing.
This book provides an in depth overview of Neutrophilic Dermatoses, a group of diseases that includes Sweet's syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum and subcorneal pustular dermatosis.
With chapters from globally recognized academics, General Radiography shows the multifaceted approach to general radiography and how it enhances healthcare delivery.
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.
Advances in Immunology, Volume 159, the latest release in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology with chapters covering topics such as the cGAS-STING pathway.
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.
Reproductive Immunology is a growing area in both immunology and reproductive sciences and is helping us to better understand several complications of pregnancy.
Alle wichtigen Tumoren des Gastrointestinaltraktes: Das Manual beinhaltet Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge aller entscheidende Tumoren des Gastrointestinaltraktes.
This book provides cutting-edge information on the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of several prevalent occupational and environmental skin diseases (OSD/ESD), with a particular focus on skin health safety issues, risk factors, preventive measures and recent advances in the management of these diseases.
Le bevande analcoliche, e specificamente le bevande dolci, sono spesso considerate responsabili (assieme ai cosiddetti "fast food") dell’epidemia di soprappeso ed obesità che si osserva nel mondo occidentale.
Wegweiser zur pädiatrischen Diabetologie aus einem Guss
Eine gute ärztliche Begleitung durch den pädiatrischen Diabetologen ist entscheidend für die Prognose eines Kindes oder Jugendlichen mit Typ-1-Diabetes.
This is the fourth of a series of Symposia in Immunology which were organized to bring important new information on the expanding field of immunology to practicing physicians interested in the field.
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.
Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden und prägnanten Überblick über die grundsätzlichen Mechanismen der Tumorentstehung, diskutiert die relevantesten Tumoren der Haustiere im Detail und adressiert die Herangehensweise an die Tumordiagnose und -therapie.
This practical, step-wise text covers the surgical approaches, resection strategies and reconstruction techniques used for each type of presenting tumor of the spine.
Pulmonary diseases are the major cause of human morbidity, taxing the health care system due to disease prevalence, chronicity, and social and fiscal costs.
Before AIDS, the role of behavioral interventions in preventing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases was acknowledged in text books and journals but rarely promoted effectively in public health practice.
This volume offers extensive information on preventive and infection surveillance procedures, routines and policies adapted to the optimal infection control level needed to tackle today's microbes in hospital practice.
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.
Reasons for Writing This Book The published literature on the economic appraisal of healthcare acquired infection (HAI) is described by phrases such as: "e;With so many virtues of the cost-benefit approach identified, it is perhaps puzzling why greater use of economic appraisal has not been made in the area of infection control"e; [1] "e;Clinicians should partner with economists and policy analysts to expand and improve the economic evidence available"e; [2] "e;the quality of economic evaluations should be increased to inform decision makers and clinicians"e; [3] "e;The economics of preventing hospital-acquired infections is most often described in general terms.
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.
Viruses and Climate Change, Volume 114 in the Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on carbon-cycle and vector-borne viruses.
After introductory chapters devoted to the safe production and distribution of vaccines, the book addresses the question of adult vaccination in the framework of a life-course approach to vaccination.
Despite decades of developments in immunization and drug therapy, tuberculosis remains among the leading causes of human mortality, and no country has successfully eradicated the disease.
Soft tissue tumors are a very heterogeneous group of tumors in terms of histogenesis, morphology, cytogenetics, molecular biology, clinical manifestation, and prognosis.