The past 20 years have seen a surge of research into colorectal cancer, which is a reflection of the need to improve our methods of treating patients suffering from this increasingly common form of cancer.
This volume summarizes the proceedings of the fifth biennial Cancer Teaching Symposium held on March 4 and 5, 1972 at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
The manifold problems of shock are still of great importance, diagnostic and therapeutic experience of the "e;severely ill"e; being supplied with new information almost every month.
Phagocytic cells and complement are probably the most important components of host defense against bacteria which, after overcoming the mucosal and epithelial barriers, multiply in the subepithelial tissue and may threaten to disseminate and invade the blood stream and different organs.
As little as 30 years ago, cardiovascular research at Bayer was just a small sideline with in an environment dominated by chemotherapy research, and only 15 years ago, Bayer's pharmaceutical business was confined to European and Latin Ameri- can countries, with sales in cardiovascular pharmaceuticals close to zero.
The recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in the breast by mammography is a skill that must be acquired through training and experience in the same way the radiologist learns to recognize the normal or abnormal skull, gastrointestinal tract, chest, spine, and other anatomy.
Ultrasonography is an established technique used as an sonographic findings are illustrated with high quality adjunct to the physical examination in the evaluation images reflecting the author's long-term experience.
While our knowledge about cancer is proliferating rapidly, our principles of cancer medicine for individual patients and for populations are evolving only gradually.
These eight volumes, which developed out of the international con- gress "e;Update and Future Trends in Fibrin Sealing in Surgical and Nonsurgical Fields"e; held in November 1992, present the state of the art in fibrin sealing.
The intention of the VIIth International Symposium on the Facial Nerve was to create a platform for an extensive exchange of knowledge and scientific infor- mation between clinicians and basic research workers.
Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1994 enthält die Referate, die von ausgewählten sachkundigen Wissenschaftlern des Fachgebietes und angrenzender Disziplinen erstellt wurden.
For many years the etiology of human tumors has almost exclusively been attributed to environmental factors, which seemed to be involved not only in the induction of neo- plasms but also in other phases of tumorigenesis.
Die Fibel faßt die Prinzipien, Aussagen und Indikationen der gastroenterologischen Funktionsuntersuchungen in knapper und verständlicher Form zusammen.
Das Buch vermittelt Ärzten und Therapeuten aller Fachrichtungen in knapper Form Grundlagen zur Gesprächsführung mit bestimmten Patientengruppen: Karzinom- und Tumorpatienten, Schwerkranken und Sterbenden, Patienten in Krisensituationen, Depressiven und Suizidgefährdeten, Suchtpatienten, psychosomatisch Kranken.
The task of updating the classification was given to theClassification and Nomenclature Committee of theInternational Society of Gynecological Pathologists and itsfour subcommittees.
Six members of the Herpesviridae family are human pathogens, including herpes and 2 (HSV-I and 2), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), varicella zoster simplex virus I virus (VZV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV 6).
Der erstmalig 1974 erschienene Tumorlokalisationsschlüssel - die deutschsprachige Fassung des Topographieteils der ICD-O - hat sich als Kodierungsrichtlinie bei der Dokumentation maligner Tumoren bewährt.
In spite of great advance made by ENT and maxillofacial surgeons as well as radiotherapists to improve therapy of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx, it has not been possible in the past 4 decades to raise the chances of patient survival above 40%-45%.
International experts review the molecular biology of ion channels, diseases of the central nervous system including Alzheimer's disease, the molecular biology of atherogenesis, plasma lipproteins, lipid transport, long chain fatty acid transport and metabolism, and lipoprotein receptors.
Although plasma cell tumors are still an enigma, the authorprovides an excellent overview of all aspects of examinationand treatment of gammopathies, based on 30 years ofexperience examining more than 1500 patients.
As the demographics of the population shift toward an increasingly aged society, the number of individuals with cancer increases and with it the need to give the most comprehensive possible health care delivery.
The development of new techniques such as immuno- phenotyping, cytogenetic investigations and, more recently, molecular studies has considerably increased our diagnostic repertoire and broadened our ideas about the biology of acute leukemias.
Die Beurteilung der Krankheitsverläufe von Tumorpatienten und deren Prognose bedarf - ebenso wie die onkologische Qualitätskontrolle - einer systematischen Dokumentation.
