AACR Cancer Progress Report 2014 American Association for Cancer Research "Finding Cures Together" USA, 2014, 126 p. VI AACR Cancer Progress Report 2014 treatments precisely targeted to the unique molecular and genetic characteristics of an individual’s cancer. In fact, _ve of the six anticancer therapeutics approved by the FDA between Aug. 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014, are...
Springer Healthcare Limited, 2013. — 59 p. Treatment tolerance is a challenge for most cancer patients, and it is therefore essential that healthcare professionals (HCPs) are quick to recognize adverse events and implement management strategies to address them. Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients provides comprehensive guidance on managing nausea and vomiting,...
4th edition. — Churchill Livingstone, 2008. — 2519 p. — ISBN: 978-0443066948 Carrying on the tradition established by its founding editor, the late Dr. Martin Abeloff, the 4th Edition of this respected reference synthesizes all of the latest oncology knowledge in one practical, clinically focused, easy-to-use volume. It incorporates basic science, pathology, diagnosis,...
4th edition. — Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2014. — 800 p. The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology is a clear, concise and comprehensive reference book for the busy clinician to use in his or her daily patient encounters. It focuses less on etiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology, and considerably more on practical clinical information. Cancer management information...
6th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2023. — 1012 p. — ISBN: 9781975184599. Offering up-to-date, authoritative information in a quick-reference format, The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive yet concise review of the management of different cancer types. Drs. Jame Abraham, James L. Gulley, and a team of expert contributors emphasize practical...
3rd edition. — Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. — 659 p. — ISBN: 9781421414034 This comprehensive guide to managing pain and other symptoms for people with cancer has helped tens of thousands of patients and families. Designed for busy practicing clinicians, A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients provides primary care physicians, advanced...
2nd Edition. — Oxford University Press, 2014. — 849 p. — (Integrative Medicine Library). — ISBN 978–0–19–932972–4. More and more people living with and beyond cancer seek integrative interventions to complement their conventional cancer care. This second edition of the highly successful Integrative Oncology provides the reader with the most updated information available with...
2nd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2024. — 754 p. — ISBN: 9781119823735. Cancer Consult: Expertise in Clinical Practice, Volume 1: Solid Tumors & Supportive Care, Second Edition includes hundreds of answers to practice-based questions covering the new principles of diagnosis, classification, staging, treatment, and outcomes in the rapidly advancing field of cancer. This textbook...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. — 950 p. Developed with both the teacher and learner in mind, this book also offers trainees and fellows an excellent opportunity to enhance their preparation for the ABIM oncology fellowship exam as well as for the oncology boards. It will also be an extremely useful tool for oncologists working toward the recertification exam. This comprehensive, beefy...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. — 1348 p. This easy-to-read, practical guide distils and compiles all the disparate literature on cancer into one succinct volume. With most of the topics fitting onto a double-page spread it allows for quick reference whilst on the ward. The text also includes the essential, evidence-based clinical guidelines needed for the safe and...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 328 p. — ISBN 978–0–19–966453–5. Oxford Case Histories in Oncology contains 30 well-structured cases from clinical practice, giving a comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncology. The cases cover a wide spectrum of oncology including rare presentations and clinical problems of common cancers. Each case comprises a...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 346 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-24812-7, 978-3-319-24814-1. Provides an interdisciplinary model for future cancer supportive care programs Covers many aspects of supportive care associated with cancer survivorship Represents an excellent resource for both oncologists and primary care providers This textbook provides a highly coordinated,...
Wiley, 2007. — 1533 p. The book provides a comprehensive overview of scientific and clinical information in cancer research and medicine (oncology). This area is one of the most intensively studied in biology and medicine, resulting in a huge amount of new information being published every year. This book summarizes and explains key facts and recent developments. It is aimed at...
Controlled Release Society, 2014. - 478 p. This authoritative volume focuses on emerging technologies in cancer nano medicine, characterized by their multi-functionality and potential to address simultaneously diverse issues of clinical relevance in the treatment of cancer. The book consists of sixteen chapters divided into six sections: 1) Biological Barriers in Cancer; 2)...
American Cancer Society, 2008. — 165 p. Whether caring for one’s self at home or providing care for a loved one, this indispensable quick reference can improve quality of care and quality of life for those with cancer. Organized in a straight-forward alphabetical format, the book covers more than four dozen critical cancer caregiving topics, from anxiety to weight changes, and...
American Cancer Society, 2010. — 352 p. Written for consumers, patients, and families seeking reliable information about nutritional support for people with cancer, this comprehensive guide offers the latest information about using nutrition to optimal advantage during the cancer journey. Also discussed is the role of sound nutritional choices before, during, and after cancer...
Academic Press, 2018. — 380 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812774-2. This book evaluates the potential of exosome content manipulation in the development of novel therapeutics. In recent years, exosomes, the small vesicles produced by all cell types, have been identified as contributors to cancer growth and metastasis. However, due to their unique biophysical properties, they are also...
Sandeep Arora, Tapan Behl, Sukhbir Singh, Neelam Sharma, Saurabh Gupta. — CRC Press-Apple Academic Press, 2022. — 316 p. — ISBN: 978-1-77463-807-1. This insightful volume opens new horizons for exploring modern therapeutic entities and emerging targets for combating the deadly disease of cancer. The authors provide a review of cancer along with descriptions of its...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 191 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-28798-0, 978-3-319-28800-0. Provides hands-on information how to manage pregnant cancer patients in clinical practice Written by experts in the field from a multidisciplinary perspective Unique resource citing key literature on the topic This book provides hands-on information on how to manage pregnant cancer...
Humana Press, 2002. — 343 p. Despite major advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, it remains a major worldwide killer, and its prevention is still the best method of control. In this volume a panel of highly experienced clinicians and researchers from around the world describe screening techniques for a wide variety of cancers. The techniques range from screening...
Tłumaczenie z języka angielskiego na język Polski. — Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Polskiego Komitetu do Zwalczania Raka, 1930. — 598 s. Ju uczeni staroytni znali chorob, któr obecnie zwiemy rakiem. Dokumenty, pochodzce z przed dwudziestu przeszo wieków, nie pozostawiaj pod tym wzgldem adnych wtpliwoci. Uczeni staroytni nie posiadali jednak szkie powikszajcych i mikroskopów, przeto...
Institute of Medicine; National Cancer Policy Forum; Board on Health Care Services, 2013. — 130 p. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths annually and resulting in $193 billion in health-related economic losses each year--$96 billion in direct medical costs and $97 billion in lost productivity. Since the first...
Springer, 2014. — 290 p. — ISBN: 978-94-007-7334-9 Homeostasis. The health of an organism is influenced by external and internal changes that may lead to the loss of homeostasis. Under healthy conditions organisms compensate these changes. If compensation fails disease ensues. Attention will be paid to lifestyle, environmental changes, genetic makeup and health system. It will...
Bone tumors, PDF, UMDNJ-NJMS, Dept of pathology, 2004. — 98 p. Welcome to our Bone Tumor Pathology site Approach to Bone Tumor diagnosis - Back to Basics General considerations Relevant clinical information Table-Age Groups Radiological correlation Table-Skeletal Site Table-Long Bone Site Table-Growth Patterns Table-Types of Periosteal Reaction Table-Types of Tumor Matrix...
CRC Press, 2014. — 970 p. — ISBN: 978-1466584280 Gleaning information from more than 100 experts in the field of cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy worldwide, Cancer Biomarkers: Non-Invasive Early Diagnosis and Prognosis determines the significance of clinical validation approaches for several markers. This book examines the use of noninvasive or minimally invasive...
10th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2023. — 1972 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119-75068-0. In the newly revised Tenth Edition of Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, a team of distinguished researchers and practitioners delivers a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of cancer science and clinical oncology practice. The book contains timely and indispensable information on epidemiology, etiology,...
9th Edition. — Wiley, 2017. — 5308 p. — ISBN: 1118934695. Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, Ninth Edition, offers a balanced view of the most current knowledge of cancer science and clinical oncology practice. This all-new edition is the consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists, and others who treat cancer...
TRÉCARRÉ - Nouvelle Edition - 2016 - 267 p. - ISBN: 978-2-89568-688-0 Notre vision du cancer s’est considérablement modifiée au cours des dernières années. Alors qu’on a longtemps perçu le cancer comme une maladie foudroyante qui apparaît du jour au lendemain, on sait maintenant qu’il s’agit plutôt d’une maladie chronique, qui requiert dans la plupart des cas plusieurs décennies...
Cambridge International Science, 2005. — 333 p. The first part of the book reviews the basic principles of magnetic resonance (MR), and then MRS and MRSI. Some computational aspects are included. Signal processing is initially presented intuitively, using a conceptual approach to conjugate variables, with familiar clinical examples. This is followed by a succinct mathematical...
Transaction Publishers, 1998. — 195 p. For decades, the American Cancer Society (ACS) explicitly forbade acceptance or use of taxpayers' funds from government at any level. However, as public support for programs began to diminish and revenue growth leveled off, the ACS reversed this policy. It now actively seeks taxpayers' funds. In this sense it reflects a model of how...
Demos Medical Publishing, 2013. — 224 p. Over the course of the last decade, the treatment of colorectal cancer has evolved quite rapidly. New scientific and clinical advances have modified the standard of care and led to improved patient outcomes. At the same time, the treatment of colorectal cancer has become increasingly complex, requiring the comprehensive review and...
CRC Press, 2018. — 259 p. This first dedicated overview for beam’s eye view (BEV) covers instrumentation, methods, and clinical use of this exciting technology, which enables real-time anatomical imaging. It highlights how the information collected (e.g., the shape and size of the beam aperture and intensity of the beam) is used in the clinic for treatment verification,...
Nova, 2013. — 235 p. The first five chapters deal with spinal tumors, either primary or metastatic, giving the reader a clear clinical review of the disease and its pathophysiology, as well as therapeutic options. Following chapters are dedicated to new insights in the medical treatment of bone tumors, an overview on the mechanism of malignant transformation of benign bone...
2nd Edition. — Academic Press, 2020. — 666 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-816920-9. This book, Second Edition, provides a concise summary of translational/interdisciplinary topics on the various aspects of tumors, especially abnormalities in their cells, their causes and effects on patients. Topics discussed include how genomic abnormalities in tumors may result from the actions of...
2nd Edition. — Academic Press, 2020. — 666 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-816920-9. This book, Second Edition, provides a concise summary of translational/interdisciplinary topics on the various aspects of tumors, especially abnormalities in their cells, their causes and effects on patients. Topics discussed include how genomic abnormalities in tumors may result from the actions of...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 259 p. — (Cancer Treatment and Research 164). — ISBN: 978-3-319-12552-7, 978-3-319-12553-4. Despite tremendous recent advances in the treatment of most malignancies, there remain several critical questions for each cancer. This particularly true for the surgical management of solid-organ malignancies. Comparative effectiveness is a...
Demos Medical, 2016. — 494 p. Radiation Oncology Review for Boards and MOC is a singular study guide, written for those who are preparing for the American Board of Radiology certification exam or maintenance exam. The authors provide a concise, targeted overview of the key knowledge within each clinical area of radiation oncology practice, as well as to related topics that are...
2nd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. — 302 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4051-9513-3 Cancer is one of the most rapidly changing areas of medicine, affecting ever–increasing numbers of people, and this new edition of Lecture Notes: Oncology brings together all the information a medical student or graduate clinician needs in one accessible volume. It covers the scientific basis and social...
7th Edition. — Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 2021. — 448 p. — ISBN: 9781119263845. Editors: James D. Brierley, Hisao Asamura, Elisabeth van Eycken, Brian Rous. The Union for International Cancer Control’s (UICC) TNM classification system is the most widely used cancer classification and staging system in the world. It is used to describe the anatomical extent of disease and is,...
8th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. — 272 p. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, Eighth Edition provides the latest, internationally agreed standards to describe and categorize cancer stages. Published in affiliation with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), this authoritative pocket-sized guide contains important updated organ-specific classifications that...
Springer London, 2009. — 264 p. Bone and Cancer is the fifth volume in the series Topics in Bone Biology, edited by Felix Bronner and Mary C. Farach-Carson. This title features current knowledge on mechanisms of metastasis, the role of the bone microenvironment in cancer progression, how inflammatory cytokines function in metastasis and osteolysis, and the role of osteoblasts,...
Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010. — 262 p. — ISBN: 978-90-481-3578-3. Abstract In spite of the fact that few dietary components are so widely recognized as able to improve human health such as ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), so that their sector in the nutritional market has been increasingly growing worldwide, many unresolved questions still remain about...
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2018. — 1036 p. Over the past nearly two decades, thoracic oncology has evolved into a highly complex oncologic subspecialty. Elaborate multimodality treatment regimens utilizing chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and increasingly more complex biological agents, including targeted and immunologic therapies are now standard for a group...
2nd edition. — Springer-Verlag Wien, 1999. — 1319 p. Mario Campanacci, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology, University of Bologna; Director of the 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna; Director of the Graduate School of Orthopaedics, University of Bologna; Director of the Tumor Centre, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute,...
Cancer - It's Everyone's Business Union for International Cancer Control / Global Cancer Control, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014, 28 p. Despite enormous progress in understanding its causes, cancer still affects one in three of us. And even if we don’t suffer from it ourselves, the odds are that we’ll know and love someone who will. And it isn’t just cancer. There is a whole range...
American Cancer Society, 2008. — 157 p. Whether caring for one’s self at home or providing care for a loved one, this indispensable quick reference can improve quality of care and quality of life for those with cancer. Organized in a straight-forward alphabetical format, the book covers more than four dozen critical cancer caregiving topics, from anxiety to weight changes, and...
Springer, 2017. — 207 p. This book aims to equip readers with a better understanding of neuroendocrine tumors of the abdomen and explains how to manage them optimally by making use of novel therapeutic options that represent major advances on previous treatments. The most recent advances in epidemiology, genetics, molecular biology, biomarkers, pathology, diagnostics, clinical...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 164 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-33586-5, 978-3-319-33587-2. For many years, the main objective of cancer treatment has been quantity of life. Only in the last decade, it has been fully understood that based on the patient’s point of view, the quality of life has to be considered as a fundamental end point of therapy. There is no doubt that...
7th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2012. — 938 p. Manual of Clinical Oncology is a concise pocket manual that incorporates basic science, clinical findings, and available technology into the diagnosis and management of cancer. It focuses on information useful for participating in rounds and for making diagnostic and therapeutic decisions at the bedside of cancer patients. The...
4th edition. — Oxford University Press, 2015. — 897 p. — ISBN: 978–0–9–968984–2. Aetiology and epidemiology The genetics of cancer Surgical oncology Principles of treatment Principles of radiation oncology Principles of chemotherapy Principles of symptom control in palliative care Late effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy Hormone therapy Targeted and biological therapies...
Taylor & Francis, 2006. — 290 p. The treatment of patients with advanced cancer presents a special set of problems. The cancer itself poses significant challenges related to treatment, and the chemotherapy involved can often induce its own set of issues. In these difficult cases, psychiatric problems and palliative care often come to the forefront of a physician's concerns. The...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2011. — 484 p. This teaching monograph on systems approaches to cancer research and clinical applications provides a unique synthesis, by world-class scientists and doctors, of laboratory, computational, and clinical methods, thereby establishing the foundations for major advances not possible with current methods. Specifically, the book: 1)...
2nd edition. — McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2014. — 678 p. Harrison's Manual of Oncology is a carry-anywhere guide to the care of patients with cancer. Enhanced by the latest published results, this valuable clinical companion features numerous tables and succinct, outline-style text that puts important information at your fingertips. You will find content that goes beyond...
Springer,2017. — 403 p. This book presents recent research on cancer detection methods based on nanobiosensors, which offer ultrasensitive point-of-care diagnosis. Several methods for diagnosing cancer have been discovered and many more are currently being developed. Conventional clinical approaches to detecting cancers are based on a biopsy followed by histopathology, or on...
Springer, 2006. — 2050 p. — ISBN13: 978-0387-24291-0 Principles of Oncology Translational Basic Science Cancer Prevention and Control Cancer Imaging Solid Tumors Hematologic Malignancies Practice of Oncology Cancer Survivorship
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 180 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-31252-1, 978-3-319-31254-5. Addresses the various strategies based on molecular mechanism in different forms of cancer used in modern day cancer prevention Explores novel development related to nutrients, diet and food in cancer prevention Highlights anti-IGF receptor drugs along with transcriptional and...
CRC Press, 2019. — 637 p. The field of molecular medicine covers the medical interventions targeting molecular structures and mechanisms that are involved in disease progression. In cancer, several molecular mechanisms have been shown to impact its progression, aggressiveness and chemoresistance. Increasing evidence demonstrates the role of nanotechnology and outcome of...
8th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2017. — 1413 p. Concise, portable, and packed with essential information, Manual of Clinical Oncology is an indispensable resource for understanding basic science, clinical findings, and available technology as they relate to the diagnosis and management patients with cancer. The practical format provides high-yield content useful for...
Springer, 2010. — 269 p. Omics is an emerging and exciting area in the field of science and medicine. Numerous promising developments have been elucidated using omics (including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, interactomics, cytomics and bioinformatics) in cancer research. The development of high-throughput technologies that permit the solution...
New York: Springer, 2018. — 348 p. This book on neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) aims to present, in a clear and innovative manner, a broad topic that is still unevenly and in some respects poorly delineated. The novel feature is the nature of the focus on the principles of prognosis, diagnosis, and therapy, which are outlined on the basis of well-defined clinical scenarios...
Thieme, 2018. — 192 p. This Manual of Interventional Oncology by Douglas Coldwell is the culmination of more than 30 years of training, hands-on practice, and skills learned from oncology colleagues. The successful practice of interventional oncology (IO) requires familiarity with all cancer interventions, and the ability to recognize each of their strengths and weaknesses....
Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2017. — 336 p. — ISBN: 0738218456, 9780738218458 When it comes to cancer, conventional doctors are trained to treat their patients exclusively with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. These methods are grueling on the whole body - and they don't treat beyond the tumor or the cancer itself. The focus is on the disease, not the whole person - and because...
Thieme, 2008. — 337 p. — ISBN 978-1-58890-523-9. Principles of Evaluation and Surgical Treatment Sarcoma Case Reports Osseous Tumors of the Upper Extremity Osseous Tumors of the Lower Extremity Osseous Tumors of the Pelvis and Spine Soft-Tissue Tumors of the Upper Extremity Soft-Tissue Tumors of the Lower Extremity Soft-Tissue Tumors of the Spine, Trunk, and Pelvis
Springer, 2014. —599 p. - Molecular pathology is based on the emergence of new techniques that greatly enhance the diagnostic accuracy when facing with challenging differential diagnoses. In addition, new molecular techniques are entering the clinical arena for their value in predicting therapy response and tumor prognosis. This book provides a guide for the practicing...
Clinical Publishing, 2017. — 233 p. — ISBN: 978-1846921117 A hands on, practical guide for the cancer physician and a valuable learning and training tool for the graduate medical trainee. Precision oncology offers a hugely exciting opportunity to personalise cancer treatments and prevention for the benefit of the individual but does present great challenges at present, both...
Springer, 2014. — 247 p. Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, the book provides pertinent and concise procedure descriptions spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem, creating a book that is both comprehensive and accessible. Stages of operative approaches...
Elsevier, 2016 - 211 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 286 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 155 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 212 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 185 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 165 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Elsevier, 2016 - 216 p. 2nd edition. General Consideration. Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors. Molecular Biology of Bone Tumors. Benign Osteoblastic Tumors. Osteosarcoma. Benign Cartilage Lesions. Malignant Cartilage Tumors. Fibrous Dysplasia and Related Lesions. Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions. Giant Cell Lesions. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Related Tumors....
Springer , 2004. — 297 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-62141-3. Principles of PET/CT Imaging. A Future for PET/CT. PET/CT Image Acquisition Protocols and Imaging Data Workflow. Acquisition Schemes for Combined 18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging: An European Experience. From FDG-PET to FDG-PET/CT Imaging. Normal Pattern and Common Pitfalls of FDG-PET Image Interpretation. PET/CT Image Artifacts....
Wiley, 2013. — 132 p. This brand new title in the market-leading at a Glance series brings together fundamental information on cancer biology and treatment to provide a holistic understanding of oncology. It explores both relevant scientific content and key human issues, including communication and palliative care. Oncology at a Glance: Provides an accessible overview of the...
S. Karger AG, 2006. — 66 p. — ISBN: 978-3-8055-8267-4. This ‘Neuroendocrinology’ special issue provides a collection of papers generated at the first consensus conference devoted to gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. The conference was held in Frascati (Rome, Italy) in November 2005. The focus was on neuroendocrine tumors of foregut origin, stomach, duodenum and pancreas....
Inner Traditions/Bear & Company, 2020. — 285 p. — ISBN-13 9781644111529. A guide to the psychological causes of cancer and how energetic healing can assist in a mind-body cure. Unravels the psychological aspects of an individual's energetic defense system, with a focus on cancer, and provides insight into how energetic distortions in our physical and energetic bodies can lead...
2nd ed. — Springer, 2019. — 1162 p. — ISBN: 3030162443, 978-3030162443. Cancer is a very aggressive disease and currently it has been considered a challenge to oncologists and cancer patients worldwide. Nowadays, several therapeutic strategies had improved toward last decades. Surgery is many times still the best curative treatment, mainly in early stage disease. However,...
Springer, 2019. — 1162 p. — ISBN: 3030162443, 978-3030162443. 2nd ed. Cancer is a very aggressive disease and currently it has been considered a challenge to oncologists and cancer patients worldwide. Nowadays, several therapeutic strategies had improved toward last decades. Surgery is many times still the best curative treatment, mainly in early stage disease. However,...
Springer, 2009. — 246 p. — ISBN: 884701123X. Язык: English. Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most prevalent cancer worldwide, imposes a significant economic and humanitarian burden on patients and society. Nearly 10% of all cancer incidence worldwide is CRC, and it is the only major malignancy with a similar prevalence in men and women. Since CRC is generally a...
EDP Sciences, 2006. — 207 p. Qu'est-ce que le cancer ? Pourquoi le corps se dérègle-t-il ? Comment les métastases envahissent le corps ? Va-t-on pouvoir en guérir un jour? Le cancer fait peur. Chacun de nous sait qu'il a une chance sur deux ou trois de développer cette maladie liée à l'âge, à certains modes de vie, à quelques prédispositions. Empêcher une tumeur de grossir ou...
Springer International Publishing, 2018. — 426 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-90695-9. This volume presents an up-to-date compendium of major scientific breakthroughs on human diseases, drug screenings, personalized medicine and regenerative approaches by using stem cells to model or treat the disorders This book covers what would be the desired strategy for the years to come, by...
Springer, 2018. — 284 p. This highly informative book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical reference for daily clinical practice in the management of patients affected by bone metastases. Written by renowned orthopedic surgeons and leading doctors in the respective fields of expertise, it offers a transversal review of the current medical and surgical treatments...
11th Edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2019. — 4361 p. — ISBN: 9781496394651. First Prize Oncology winner of the prestigious British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Award Now updated online for the life of the edition, DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 11th Edition keeps you up-to-date in this fast-changing field. Every quarter, your...
12th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2023. — 2427 p. — ISBN: 978-1-9751-8468-1. The standard-setting text in oncology for 40 years, DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 12th Edition, provides authoritative guidance and strategies for managing every type of cancer by stage and presentation. Drs. Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., Theodore S. Lawrence, and...
10th edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014. — 2280 p. DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 10th edition has garnered universal acclaim as the world’s definitive, standard-setting oncology reference. More than 400 respected luminaries explore today’s most effective strategies for managing every type of cancer by stage of...
11th Edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2019. — 4361 p. — ISBN 9781496394651. Now updated online for the life of the edition, DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 11th Edition keeps you up to date in this fast-changing field. Every quarter, your eBook will be updated with late-breaking developments in oncology, including new drugs, clinical...
Wolters Kluwer, 2011. — 3362 p. Principles of Oncology Etiology and Epidemiology of Cancer Cancer Therapeutics Cancer Prevention and Screening Practice of Oncology Palliative and Alternative Care
2nd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2015. — 536 p. Understand and apply the scientific advances that are revolutionizing cancer research and practice with Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology: Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer. Derived from DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology – widely hailed as the definitive clinical reference...
2nd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2015. — 536 p. Understand and apply the scientific advances that are revolutionizing cancer research and practice with Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology: Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer. Derived from DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology – widely hailed as the definitive clinical reference...
3rd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2021. — 2666 p. — ISBN: 9781975149130. Recent scientific advances have revolutionized cancer research and practice, creating a body of molecular biology information that is important to research scientists and clinical oncologists alike. Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology: Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer, 3rd Edition, keeps you...
Sarah Crichton Books, 2016. — 242 p. — ISBN10: 0374536481, ISBN13: 978-0374536480. Cancer touches everybody's life in one way or another. But most of us know very little about how the disease works, why we treat it the way we do, and the personalities whose dedication got us where we are today. For fifty years, Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr. has been one of those key players: He has...
Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015. — 544 p. Selected from the world's leading comprehensive cancer textbook, this tightly focused resource provides you with the practical, cutting-edge information you need to provide the best cancer care to each patient. Cancer of the Thoracic Cavity: Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 10th Edition, offers a...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 133 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research 199). — ISBN: 978-3-319-13956-2, 978-3-319-13957-9. Offers guidance in how to optimize the pre-analytical handling of tissue and improve diagnostic quality Discusses the importance of cold ischemia time Examines the value of vacuum-based preservation and two-temperature fixation This book...
Springer, 2021. — 449 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-73226-4. This book is a review and high-yield reference on the clinical molecular diagnostics of malignant neoplasms. It aims to address the practical questions frequently encountered in the molecular oncology practice, as well as key points and pitfalls in the clinical interpretation of molecular tests in guiding precision cancer...
Springer, 2018. — 378 p. — (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1092). — ISBN: 978-3-319-95293-2. This book covers multi-scale biomechanics for oncology, ranging from cells and tissues to whole organ. Topics covered include, but not limited to, biomaterials in mechano-oncology, non-invasive imaging techniques, mechanical models of cell migration, cancer cell...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014. — 351 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4511-8762-5. General Oncology Clinical Research Methods Radiation Oncology Cancer Biology Molecular Diagnostics Cancer Genetics Cancer Pharmacology Cancer Complications Pain And Palliative Care Cancer Survivorship Infectious Disease Genitourinary Malignancies Thoracic Malignancies Gastrointestinal Malignancies Skin...
2nd edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018. — 374 p. Written and edited by leading cancer experts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Pocket Oncology, Second Edition, is a practical, high-yield reference for trainees and practitioners of medical oncology and hematology. This easy-to-use, loose-leaf resource contains up-to-date information essential to caring for...
Springer, 2017. — 741 p. The second edition of this well-received volume has been revised and updated to reflect the advances in pathological classification and molecular epidemiology of diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGG) in adults and offers an updated review on individualized therapies. This book presents the latest research pertaining to the diagnosis, genetics, therapy and...
7th Edition. — Springer, 2010. — 648 p. — ISBN: 978-0-387-88440-0 The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook, prepared by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, are used by physicians and health care professionals throughout the world to facilitate the uniform description and reporting of neoplastic diseases. Proper classification and staging is essential for the physician to...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2008. — 926 p. This book covers recent knowledge of the composition of the Degradome, how it can be studied using modern approaches such as transcriptomics and mass spectrometry; and many other relevant subjects, including new approaches to targeting proteolysis for therapy.
Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. — 447 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-99087-2. Cancer Prevention and Screening offers physicians and all clinical healthcare professionals a comprehensive, useful source of the latest information on cancer screening and prevention with both a global and a multidisciplinary perspective. Includes background information on epidemiology, cancer prevention, and cancer...
Taylor & Francis, 2004. — 200 p. Soft tissue tumors of the hand and upper limb are frequently encountered by physicians and since benign lesions are far more common, serious tumors are frequently not considered in the differential diagnosis of these lumps.This book covers almost the entire domain of hand tumors. Some subjects have been deliberately omitted. For instance the...
UK, Bristol: IOP Publ., 2022. — 241 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7503-3355-9. This book focuses on major trends and challenges in the detection of lung cancer, presenting work aimed at identifying new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis. This volume covers recent advancements in lung cancer and imaging detection and classification, examining the main applications of...
Springer, 2012. — 582 p. The volume sheds new light on reducing disparities by complementing currently available monographs, through the provision of solutions that are not only theoretically innovative but also empirically effective. Indeed, Cancer Disparities: Causes and Evidence-Based Solutions admirably achieves two key objectives that are crucial for advances in the field:...
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, 2017. — 262 p. — (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1007) — ISBN: 3319607316. The mammalian genome is constantly challenged by exogenous and endogenous threats. Although much is known about the mechanisms that maintain genome integrity, little is known about the applications of this knowledge to combat human...
New York: Springer, 2014. — 316 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-7930-7, 978-1-4614-7931-4. Defining high-quality protein-protein interaction networks and the physical and functional characterization of the protein machines underlying the human chromatin interactome Identification of RNA molecules associated with various chromatin-modifying machines that direct or regulate the complexes...
Intech, 2012. — 551 p. The projections for future growth in the number of new patients with colorectal cancer in most parts of the world remain unfavorable. When we consider the substantial morbidity and mortality that accompanies the disease, the acute need for improvements and better solutions in patient care becomes evident. This volume, organized in five sections,...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2015. — 249 p. — ISBN: 978-94-017-9164-9, 978-94-017-9165-6. Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later and after an...
Springer International Publishing AG 2018. — 310 p. — ISBN: 3319715526. Cancer is a multifaceted disease and overwhelmingly increasing experimental evidence has helped us to develop a deeper understanding of the role of signal transduction cascades in cancer development and progression. Tissue microarrays and next generation sequencing technologies have assisted us to gather...
Sixth Edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2019. — 720 p. — ISBN: 9781496358158 The sixth edition of the MD Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook focuses on multidisciplinary, cooperative approaches to issues confronting the surgical oncologist. Organized by disease and in full color for the first time, this volume is comprehensive yet concise, and takes into account all of the oncologic...
5th Edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, 2011. — 920 p. — (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series) — ISBN: 978-1608312849. The current edition of The Handbook provides an overview of current care of patients with cancer diagnoses commonly evaluated and treated by surgical oncologists and in doing so continues to align such care with the underlying philosophy of...
2nd Edition. — Springer, 2018. — 417 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-77430-5. It is now more than 30 years since a small band of cancer survivors and their caregivers, along with a handful of professionals, gathered together inAlbuquerque, New Mexico, to found the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS). We all “passed the hat” to make a small financial contribution to launch a...
Springer, 2013. — 188 p. Soft tissue tumors are a large and heterogeneous group of tumors and pseudotumors with a spectrum of behavior from benign to frankly malignant. This Atlas of Soft Tissue Tumor Pathology provides an overview of reactive, pseudoneoplastic, benign and intermediate neoplasms, sarcomas and related conditions arising in subcutaneous and deep soft tissues....
Springer New York, 2013. — 184 p. Soft tissue tumors are a large and heterogeneous group of tumors and pseudotumors with a spectrum of behavior from benign to frankly malignant. This Atlas of Soft Tissue Tumor Pathology provides an overview of reactive, pseudoneoplastic, benign and intermediate neoplasms, sarcomas and related conditions arising in subcutaneous and deep soft...
Wolters Kluwer, 2010. — 388 p. This book provides, in a single cohesive source, all the information a health care professional needs to diagnose and select appropriate treatments for the patient with pain associated with cancer. Cancer Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management is clinically oriented and comprehensively addresses all the issues surrounding modern cancer pain...
Intech, 2012. — 195 p. The possibility of getting a cardiovascular disease or cancer increases with advancing age. At the same time, relevant improvements in cancer therapy have resulted in the improvement of quality of life and the increasement of the survival rate of such patients. As a result we have larger number of patients that experience the cardiac side effects of...
Springer International Publishing, 2017. — 419 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-44023-1, 978-3-319-44025-5. Richly illustrated with color photographs, illustrations and tables Written by experts in the field Useful to a wide ranging group of individuals with interest in these patients This text provides a comprehensive textbook summarizing the presentation, workup, and surgical solutions...
Springer, New York, 2015. — 460 p. — (MD Anderson Cancer Care Series). — ISBN: 978-1-4939-0985-8, 978-1-4939-0986-5. Proven models for the proactive care of cancer survivors Long-term and late effects Surveillance of survivors of all cancer types, including adult survivors of pediatric cancers Primary prevention and screening for second primary cancers Integrative oncology and...
Springer New York, 2013. — 43 p. This SpringerBrief is comprehensive account of the functions and effects of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) EBNA1 protein that relate to EBV-associated cancers and evidence for EBNA1 contributions to these cancers. EBNA1 was the first EBV protein detected and the most critical for EBV latent infection. EBNA1 fulfills multiple functions at EBV...
Springer, 2016. — 1014 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4939-6383-6 The interactions of cells with their surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a pivotal role in driving normal cell behavior, from development to tissue differentiation and function. At the cellular level, organ homeostasis depends on a productive communication between cells and ECM, which eventually leads to the normal...
Nova Science Publishers, 2017. — 122 p. Cancer is a term that describes a constellation of diseases that affect a large proportion of the global population. By 2020, it is estimated there will be 15 million new cancer cases worldwide and a corresponding 12 million cancer-related deaths. There are many efficacious treatments for cancer with both curative and palliative intents,...
2nd ed. — Springer, 2018. — 283 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research vol. 210). — ISBN: 978-3-319-64309-0. This book examines in detail the psychosocial impacts of cancer and its management, explaining the relevance of psycho-oncology during all stages from diagnosis and treatment through to cancer survivorship and rehabilitation and end-of-life care. This new edition has...
2 edition, Oxford University Press, 2015. — 248 p. — (APOS clinical reference handbooks). — ISBN: 0199988730, 9780199988730. Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adults living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including screening...
3rd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2012. — 641 p. Inside, readers will discover hundreds of multiple-choice and case-based questions covering the principles of surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, and hematology/oncology and the biology, diagnosis, staging, and multimodality treatment of cancers at every anatomic site. Included are state-of-the-art chapters on...
4th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2016. — 560 p. Prepare for the oncology boards with confidence! This comprehensive review book closely follows the contents of DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 10th Edition, including brand-new, state-of-the-art topics. Hundreds of multiple choice and case-based questions cover medical, radiation, and...
3rd edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2015. — 1090 p. — ISBN: 978-1451193473 Get the latest, most reliable cancer management recommendations in the famous fast-access Washington Manual outline format! Concise, clearly written sections on principles of oncology, site-specific diseases, and supportive therapy make The Washington Manual of Oncology, 3rd Edition , an invaluable resource...
Academic Press, 1953. — 603 p. It is the purpose of the Editors that this and succeeding volumes of this series shall reflect this steady and inevitable march of the tides of our knowledge and increasing understanding. For this task, we must rely upon the generous cooperation of our colleagues in many lands, distinguished authorities in various branches of cancer research, to...
Academic Press, 1955. — 379 p. t is the purpose of the Editors that this and succeeding volumes of this series shall reflect this steady and inevitable march of the tides of our knowledge and increasing understanding. For this task, we must rely upon the generous cooperation of our colleagues in many lands, distinguished authorities in various branches of cancer research, to...
Springer, 2007. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-3-540-31208-6. Bernd Groner Introduction: The Rationale for the Development of Targeted Drugs in Cancer Therapy Constadina Arvanitis, Pavan Bendapudi, Pavan Bachireddy and Dean W. Felsher Identifying Critical Signaling Molecules for the Treatment of Cancer Srinivasan Madhusudan and Trivadi S. Ganesan Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Cancer...
Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. — 183 p. — ISBN: 1442275081. An intimate partnership has physical and psychological components, both of which often take a hit when cancer enters the union. The prospect, and then the process, of treatments tend to alter the way the two people relate to each other. When the diagnosis is one of gynecologic or...
A Hachette Book Group company, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2016. — 174 p. — ISBN: 1580056261 Cancer is indiscriminate. It cares little for class, creed or color. Its patients are literally everywhere. When Laura Holmes Haddad was diagnosed, she discovered shelf upon shelf of overly-earnest, somber, gray survival books, and knew there had to be a better way. This Is Cancer is the...
2nd ed. — Cambridge University Press, 2016. — 625 p. — ISBN10: 1107683629. — ISBN13: 978-1107683624 Practical Clinical Oncology, 2nd edition, provides a practical and comprehensive review of the current management of common types of cancer. Introductory chapters give background information on the main treatment modalities and other key issues such as acute oncology, palliative...
Blackwell Publishing, 2008. — 670 p. The new edition of Clinical Endocrine Oncology has been fully revised and extended making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available. Written and edited by leading international experts in the field, it sets the standard in multidisciplinary care for patients with endocrine tumors. The book provides specific and detailed...
CRC Press, 2022. — 523 p. — ISBN: 9781032002613. Nutritional Oncology: Nutrition in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survivorship presents evidence-based approaches to the study and application of nutrition in all phases of cancer including prevention, treatment, and survivorship. There is a long history of interest in the role of nutrition in cancer but only in the last 50...
American Cancer Society, 2001. — 130 p. "Cancer Support Groups: A Guide for Facilitators" provides comprehensive guidance and instruction for both professionals and laypersons interested in forming and facilitating support groups for cancer survivors and their loved ones. "Cancer Support Groups" explores the value and characteristics of support and self-help groups, describes...
Elsevier, 2016. — 418 p. Oncology Informatics: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Processes and Outcomes in Cancer Care encapsulates National Cancer Institute-collected evidence into a format that is optimally useful for hospital planners, physicians, researcher, and informaticians alike as they collectively strive to accelerate progress against cancer using...
National Academy Press, 1999. — 254 p. We all want to believe that when people get cancer, they will receive medical care of the highest quality. Even as new scientific breakthroughs are announced, though, many cancer patients may be getting the wrong care, too little care, or too much care, in the form of unnecessary procedures. How close is American medicine to the ideal of...
2nd edition. — Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2015. — 709 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-416721-6, 9780124167285, 0124167284, 0124167217. Bone Cancer, 2nd Edition comprehensively investigates key discoveries in the field of bone biology over the last five years that have led to the development of entirely new areas for investigation, such as therapies which combine surgery and biological...
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, 2005. — 267 p. Recommendations of the NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS This Report reviews the scientific issues associated with the extrapolation of radiation-induced cancer risks from nonhuman experimental systems to humans. The basic principles of radiation effects at the...
3rd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2015. — 809 p. — ISBN: 9780199363315 Originally published by Oxford in 1998, Psycho-Oncology was the first comprehensive text in the field and remains the gold standard today. Edited by a team of leading experts in psycho-oncology, spearheaded by Dr. Jimmie C. Holland, the founder of the field, the text reflects the interdisciplinary...
5th edition. — B. C. Decker Ink., Hamilton, London, 2000. — 2467 p. — ISBN: 1-55009-113-1. Cancer Biology Tumor immunology Cancer Etiology Cancer epidemiology Theory and practice of clinical trials Cancer prevention Cancer screening and early detection Principles of cancer pathology Principles of imaging Principles of surgical oncology Principles of radiation oncology...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2006. — 205 p. Le cancer du testicule a bénéficié d'importantes avancées thérapeutiques transformant radicalement son pronostic. Les protocoles récents ont conduit au développement de traitements conservant l'efficacité thérapeutique tout en privilégiant la qualité de vie et en minimisant les séquelles (comme les troubles de la fertilité) de...
New York: Springer, 2018. — 435 p. In this book, experts from premier institutions across the world with extensive experience in the field clearly and succinctly describe the current and anticipated uses of PET/MRI in oncology. The book also includes detailed presentations of the MRI and PET technologies as they apply to the combined PET/MRI scanners. The applications of...
National Academies Press, 1989. — 67 p. Institute of Medicine Preface Summary of Recommendations Strengthening the Role of Cancer Centers Solving Short-term Funding Issues Planning for the Future Strengthening Program Organization and Management A Stronger Cancer Centers Program Conduct of the Study Strengthening the Role of Cancer Centers Solving Short-term Funding Issues...
London: Academic Press, 2015. — 280 p. — (Advances in Cancer Research Volume 125). — ISBN: 012801251X, 978-0-12-801251-2. ABC Transporters and Cancer provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Here, outstanding and original reviews are presented on a variety of topics. This volume covers ABC transporters and cancer, and is suitable...
Elsevier, 2019. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-0-323-54948-6. Get a quick, expert overview of the latest clinical information and guidelines for cancer checkpoint inhibitors and their implications for specific types of cancers. This practical title by Drs. Fumito Ito and Marc Ernstoff synthesizes the most up-to-date research and clinical guidance available on immune checkpoint inhibitors...
Springer, 2017. — 245 p. — ISBN: 978-4-431-54459-3. Approximately 120 years ago, Elia Metchinikoff suggested that the main destiny of immunity is not a battle against nonself, but rather a harmonization inside self. Although a prototype of the immune system seems to be for elimination of aliens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and fungi, the system has originally...
Springer, 2014. — 885 p. Applications of Biotechnology in Oncology collects key writings by Kewal K. Jain on the most important contributions of biotechnology to cancer research, particularly to the molecular diagnosis of cancer and drug delivery in cancer for personalized management of patients. Basics of various omics technologies and their application in oncology are...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. — 233 p. Bone metastases continue to be a major cause of morbidity in cancer patients, but improved understanding of the biology of bone metastases has led to the identification of drugs that are of potential value in not only their treatment but also their prevention. This book, written by recognized experts in the field, provides a...
Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2010. — 355 p. This unique book provides a thorough overview of developing molecular cancer diagnostic assays, which are the prerequisites for optimal solutions within personalized cancer medicine. The book takes the reader through definitions of the pharmacodiagnostic concept, historical perspectives of the early steps into molecular cancer...
World Scientific, 2018. — 146 p. — ISBN10: 9813229144. Systems biology combines computational and experimental approaches to analyze complex biological systems and focuses on understanding functional activities from a systems-wide perspective. It provides an iterative process of experimental measurements, data analysis, and computational simulation to model biological behavior....
BPP Learning Media Limited, 2015. — 394 p. This volume covers a range topics in the management and treatment of cancer. Subjects dealt with include; the changing epidemiology of lung cancer with a focus on screening using low dose computed tomography, identifying brain tumours in children and young adults, prostate cancer screening and the management of clinically localized...
Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, 2017. — 379 p. — ISBN: 9812877029. This book aims to provide readers with a sound understanding of the spectrum of radiologic appearances of bone tumors, which reflect histopathology, and the pattern analysis of imaging findings.The first part of the book explains basic concepts and diagnostic parameters, including demographics,...
3 rd Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. — 1280 p. — ISBN: 0071847944 Authoritative, hands-on desk reference for the practicing oncologist — from the leader in the field of cancer management and treatment The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology details the personalized multidisciplinary approach to cancer management and treatment of common and rare cancers pioneered by...
Springer, 2006. — xxi, 543 p. Much progress has been made in discovering and developing agents that have promise, or have already been successfully used, to treat precancerous conditions or inhibit carcinogenesis. In Cancer Chemoprevention, Volume 2: Strategies for Cancer Chemoprevention, leading chemopreventives investigators comprehensively describe the exciting methodologies...
3rd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2016. — 1041 p. Hallmarks of cancer . The hallmarks of cancer: perspectives for cancer medicine. Growth factors and uncontrolled proliferation. Cell signalling pathways. Cell cycle control. Cancer cell death. Angiogenesis. Invasion and metastasis. Genetic instability. DNA repair after oncological therapy (radiotherapy and chemotherapy)....
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. — 422 p. This unique case-based review of surgical oncology offers excellent preparation for oral board examinations, which emphasize both general knowledge and case management. The book presents 91 cases structured to reflect the surgeon's decision-making process. Each case begins with a patient presentation and imaging studies or pathology...
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott, Willams and Wilkins, 2016. — 954 p. For more than 30 years, Skeel’s Handbook of Cancer Therapy (formerly Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy ) has been the resource of choice for current, reliable information on cancer treatment for most adults. The 9th Edition reflects recent significant advances in the systemic treatment of cancer,...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 457 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-873613-4. Introduction to communication studies in cancer and palliative medicine The history of communication skills knowledge and training Journeys to the centre of empathy: The authentic core of communication skills Models of communication skills training and their practical implications Shared decision-making,...
Springer International Publishing, 2014. — 359 p. Current Advances in Osteosarcoma edited by Dr. Eugenie S. Kleinerman summarizes molecular and genetic characteristics, new therapeutic ideas, and biological characteristics that have been uncovered in the past 10 years. Osteosarcoma is an aggressive malignant neoplasm and it is also the most common histological form of bone...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2013. — 263 p. The tumor environment is a dynamic network that includes cancer cells, immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines and receptors. The aim of this book is to summarize the role of these components, especially immune cells, in tumor suppression and/or progression and describe in detail why tumor...
Salem Press, 2008. — 1436 p. Salem Health: Cancer is the second title in the Salem Health series. This core reference set covers over 800 topics of interest to students of health as well as those who have been diagnosed or are associated with someone who has. Includes essays on diseases and conditions, common drugs, procedures and significant resources. It is an indispensable,...
Springer Science+Business Media, 2016. — 475 p. — ISBN: 978-981-10-1843-5, 978-981-10-1844-2. It is such a surprise that a book like this has not been written before. Cancer does not occur in a vacuum. Just as our lives are complex and multilayered, so are our individual medical situations with many cancer patients already experiencing other diseases and conditions, often with...
Springer, 2016. — 436 p. This comprehensive work broadens readers' understanding of the rudimentary mechanism of the anti-cancer effect of hyperthermia. It also presents state-of-the-art clinical outcomes by hyperthermia treatment of cancer. In the past few decades, basic and clinical research have shown through in vitro experiments that hyperthermia inhibits...
Springer, 2014. — 165 p. This textbook is intended as a comprehensive reference that will provide easy-to-follow and well-organized guidance on the management of lip cancer, from diagnosis to treatment and reconstruction. After discussion of anatomy and premalignant conditions, detailed attention is paid to squamous cell carcinoma of the lip. Surgical management is explained,...
Demos Medical, 2017. — 384 p. Handbook of Geriatric Oncology: Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient is a practical resource for oncologists and related clinicians who want to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to the elderly cancer patient. Divided into nine succinct sections, it includes topics spanning an Introduction to Aging and Frailty, Geriatric...
Springer Publishing Company, 2017. — 386 p. Handbook of Geriatric Oncology: Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient is a practical resource for oncologists, related clinicians, and nurses who want to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to the elderly cancer patient. Divided into nine succinct sections, it includes topics spanning an Introduction to Aging...
1 edition. CRC Press, 2000. — 301 p. This book meets the information needs of the medical student or surgical resident rotating on a surgical service which emphasizes oncology. It is also useful for the practicing general surgeon in reviewing the most current information on organ specific cancer therapy. It is not designed to be encyclopedic but distills important information...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 194 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-22580-7, 978-3-319-22581-4. This book presents an up-to-date and thorough overview of cancer of unknown primary, encompassing topics ranging from epidemiology, tumor biology, and prognostic factors through to the most recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances. All aspects of management are covered, including...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 135 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-17466-2, 978-3-319-17467-9. Presents the European perspective on the diagnosis and management of testicular cancer Summarizes the most recent recommendations from the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group Discusses current areas of controversy, with presentation of new findings that might alter treatment...
Springer, 2015. — 135 p. This book presents the views of leading European experts on the diagnosis and management of testicular cancer, with coverage of current hot topics in the field. It opens by providing an overview of the recommendations in the most recent consensus paper from the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group, which is based on interdisciplinary cooperation...
Springer, 2019. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-06124-1 This volume strives to give oncologists and other medical practitioners a thorough picture of the oncology patient. It’s designed to show that psychological needs of the patient are an important aspect that should be considered for optimizing the effects of cancer treatment, no less than genetic, immunological, physiological...
Oxford University Press, 2010. — 547 p. 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. The recent introduction of an HPV vaccine, coupled with discoveries concerning the relationship...
Academic Press, 2018. — 222 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812512-0. This book provides a comprehensive review by leaders in the field of the process of drug development, the integration of molecular profiling, the changes in early phase trial designs, and endpoints to optimally develop a new generation of cancer therapeutics. The book discusses topics such as statistical perspectives on...
World Scientific Publishing, 2015. - 405 p. An estimated 12.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year and 7.6 million people die of the disease annually. Numerous lines of evidence suggest that lifestyle and nutrition play an important role in cancer development. As for nutrition, diets that are rich in fruits and vegetables have been shown to lower the risk of...
World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2017. — 433 p. — ISBN10: 9813200936, 13 978-9813200937. Development of cancer, a dreadful disease of mankind, is a multi-stage process involving numerous molecular alterations at both genomic and proteomic levels. Immense research for the past several decades in the field of cancer identified many such mutations and their role in carcinogenesis....
University of Chicago Press, 2009. — 247 p. In the 1960s University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. But, under contract with the Department of Defense, Saenger also used those same patients as proxies for soldiers to answer questions...
Springer New York, 2011. — 187 p. The subject of Tumour-Associated Macrophages is of interest in the cancer research community, and this book promises to be among the first to discuss a definitive theory on the role of macrophage in tumor development.
Thieme, 2011. — 272 p. Focusing on the variety of pathological processes that arise in the sellar and parasellar regions of the central skull base, Sellar and Parasellar Tumors: Diagnosis, Treatments, and Outcomes is a state-of-the-art reference written by renowned leaders in the field. It takes a disease-oriented approach to complex pathologies. The work includes contributions...
Nova Science Publishers, 2015. — 170 p. With effective systemic therapy and comprehensive supportive care, patients with metastases can live longer. Breast cancer patients with only or predominantly bone metastases have a median survival of 2.3 years following diagnosis, while metastatic prostate cancer patients have a median survival time of 11.3 months. With recent advances...
Nova Science Publishers, 2015. — 126 p. In Canada over the past fifteen years, there has been a 39% rise in new cancer patients, necessitating the expansion of current oncological facilities. The population is getting older and larger, which in turn is translating into more cases of cancer. Other reports projecting cancer growth across different countries found similar results....
Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. — 320 p. — ISBN: 1442246251, 978-1-4422-4625-6, 978-1-4422-4626-3. In 2014, an estimated 1.66 million people will receive a diagnosis of cancer. They will join a pool of 13.7 million Americans already living with a history of cancer. Almost 600,000 Americans will die from cancer. For some, cancer will be only a short divergence. For...
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. — 129 p. — (Cancer Treatment and Research) — ISBN: 978-1-4020-7013-6 Atlas of Selective Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach combining the experiences of a nuclear medicine physician, surgeon, and pathologist. This is an important reference also for researchers and clinicians who...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017. — 211 p. Tumors and cancers are insidious diseases characterized by an abnormal growth of cells that extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs. Forming the first of the four volumes devoted to tumors and cancers, this volume focuses on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Each chapter presents a...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. — 231 p. Forming part of the four volumes devoted to human tumors and cancers, the current volume focuses on the endocrine, hematopoietic, and lymphoreticular systems. Characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that often extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs, tumors and cancers are...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. — 205 p. Forming part of the four volumes devoted to human tumors and cancers in the series, the current volume focuses on the head, neck, cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive systems. Characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that often extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs,...
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. — 201 p. Forming part of the four volumes devoted to human tumors and cancers, the current volume focuses on the skin, soft tissue, bone, and urogenitory system. Characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that often extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs, tumors and cancers are...
Springer, 2014. — 557 p. In the new era of functional and molecular imaging, both currently available imaging biomarkers and biomarkers under development are expected to lead to major changes in the management of oncological patients. This well-illustrated two-volume book is a practical manual on the various imaging techniques capable of delivering functional information on...
Springer, 2014. — 918 p. In the new era of functional and molecular imaging, both currently available imaging biomarkers and biomarkers under development are expected to lead to major changes in the management of oncological patients. This two-volume book is a practical manual on the various imaging techniques capable of delivering functional information on cancer, including...
2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2015. — 865 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-992278-9. Molecular cancer biology Etiology and epidemiology Cancer prevention and screening Cancer prevention Cancer screening Genetic screening Principles of management Principles of cancer treatment Surgical oncology Principles of radiation oncology Principles of chemotherapy Hematopoietic stem cell...
BioMed Publishing Group, 1987. — 178 p. A detailed account of Rife's inventions and discoveries is the subject of The Cancer Cure That Worked. This startling book documents events from 1913 to the time of Rife's death in 1972. Rife was an optical engineer and technician of great skill. His first success was the building of the Universal Microscope in the late 1920s. With it he...
Springer-Verlag, New York, 2016. — 266 p. — ISBN: 1493964585. This is the ideal book for anyone contemplating starting a career in, or shifting their career to, studying the dynamics that drive cancer progression and its response to therapy. Topics include the theory and population genetics of cancers, genetic diversity within tumors (intra-tumor heterogeneity), understanding...
New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 2016. — 406 p. — (MD Anderson Cancer Care Series). — ISBN: 978-1-4939-3187-3, 978-1-4939-3188-0. This new resource on managing oncologic emergencies is directed at all health care professionals who care for patients with cancer or survivors. Edited and written by clinician-experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,...
Washington, American Institute for Cancer Research, 2007. — 537 p. — ISBN: 978-0-9722522-2-5 The proposals that cancer might be preventable, and that food, nutrition, physical activity, and body composition might affect the risk of cancer, were first made before science emerged in its modern form in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout recorded history, wise choices of food...
Springer, 2015. — 85 p. This book introduces and explains various facets of the cancer systems biology in microscopic scale. This book is organized into three parts. After an introduction of cancer biology, the authors describe the modeling algorithms and their applicability limitations. Then, in part two, microscopic scale modeling of cancer will be covered, followed by the...
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017. — 195 p. — ISBN: 0323390803, 978-0-323-39080-4, 9780323390811, 0323390811 Nanotechnology in Cancer covers current nanotechnology-based nanotherapeutics involving gold nanoparticles, colloids, gels, magnetic nanoparticles, radiofrequency, gene therapy, biological particles, and the intermolecular interactions associated with nanoparticle...
Springer, 2017. — 1189 p. The aim of this book is to provide the readers with the most comprehensive and latest accounts of research and development in this field by emphasizing on the manner of relation between doctors and cancer patients in direction of improving the patients’ style of life. This book, partly, will deal with psychotherapy by considering cancer patients,...
Demos Medical Publishing, 2019. — 609 p. — ISBN: 9781620700693 Principles of Clinical Cancer Research provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical cancer research, including the full spectrum of methodologies used in the field. For those involved in research or considering research careers, this book offers a mix of practical advice and analytical tools for...
Nova Biomedical, 2017. — 145 p. This practical guide to the management of thyroid nodules and cancer offers the practitioner a common-sense approach to the management of an increasingly common clinical problem. Thyroid cancer is the most rapidly increasing cancer diagnosis in the United States and is now the fifth most common cancer among women. Indeed, an estimated 65,000...
Momentum Press, 2018. — 92 p. In life-threatening forms of cancer, cells stop working correctly, grow, divide, and spread throughout the body in harmful ways. These diseases impact the lives of many people, directly for those diagnosed and indirectly for the friends and families of those diagnosed. So many distinct forms of cancer with multiple unique diagnostic tools and...
Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 322 p. — (Cancer Treatment and Research 166). — ISBN: 978-3-319-16554-7, 978-3-319-16555-4, 227-245-275-2. This book discusses emerging nanotechnology-based tools that have the potential to dramatically impact cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment. Cancer is a complex, devastating, and debilitating disease and,...
Hoboken: Wiley, 2022. — 1454 p. Cancer is the second-highest cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of death globally. Our goals are to discuss the global epidemiology of various cancers, with detailed information on their prevalence, incidence, and clinical considerations. Epidemiology is the key to understanding the mortality and morbidity of cancer, and how...
Oxford University Press, 2012. — 299 p. — ISBN: 978–0–19–960580–4 The Psychology of Cancer What people with cancer feel A cognitive model of adjustment to cancer Can CBT improve quality of life? Can psychological therapy affect duration of survival? CBT for People with Cancer Overview of therapy The therapy session Experiencing and expressing emotions in adjuvant psychological...
Oxford University Press, 2002. — 208 p. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has established itself as the psychological treatment of choice for many conditions. It offers a brief, convincing, common sense approach to the emotional problems faced by people with cancer, and there is considerable evidence for its effectiveness. Since the first edition of this book in 1989 (published...
Scribner, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2010. ISBN: 978-1-4391-0795-9. ISBN: 978-1-4391-8171-3 (ebook). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane biography of cancer — from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth...
Scribner, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2010. — 472 p. ISBN: 978-1-4391-0795-9. ISBN: 978-1-4391-8171-3 (ebook). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane biography of cancer — from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the...
Humana Press, 2011. — 803 p. — ISBN 9781607619154. The average physician and even cancer care-givers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life. They are even less aware of the options available for treatment of such patients. Cancer and Sexual Health fills a great need for a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and...
3rd Edition. — Academic Press, 2019. — 706 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-814128-1. This book, Third Edition continues to provide current, concise, and a readily available source of clinical information for busy practicing radiation oncologists. The book consists of 26 chapters, divided into four parts: Part I describes the basic science of radiation oncology, with discussions of...
Wiley, 2006. — 292 p. Cancer bioinformatics is now emerging as a new interdisciplinary field, which is facilitating an unprecedented synthesis of knowledge arising from the life and clinical sciences. This groundbreaking title provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the enormous range of bioinformatics for cancer therapy development from the laboratory to clinical...
New York: Springer, 2016. — 536 p. This comprehensive subspecialty reference book on NeuroEndocrine Tumor (NET) pathology brings together the diagnostic and clinical expertise of an outstanding team of practicing neuroendocrine pathologists and oncologists. In addition to in-depth coverage of clinico-pathologic aspects of NETs of the various organ systems, the recent...
Nova Biomedical Books, 2009. — 85 p. Pain Control is for people who have pain from cancer or from its treatment. Family and friends may also want to read this booklet. Having cancer doesn’t mean you’ll have pain. But if you do, this booklet includes tips about managing your pain with medicine and other treatments. This booklet covers: The types and causes of cancer pain How to...
Springer, 2014. — 287 p. — ISBN: 978-3642388491. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the role of cytology at various body sites. The diagnostic details covered are abbreviated in comparison with those in pathology texts. Instead, a more clinical approach is taken, with the focus on the advantages and limitations of techniques and the key features of entities that are...
4th Edition. — Hodder Arnold, 2009. — 417 p. A clear and comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of clinical oncology, for medical undergraduates and clinicians who want to increase their understanding of the challenges of managing patients with cancer. Including questions for self assessment by the same authors, the reader can learn and test themselves on all...
Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015. — 368 p. Presented by the American College of Surgeons and the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, the first comprehensive, evidence-based examination of cancer surgery techniques as standards distills the well-defined protocols and techniques that are critical to achieve optimal outcomes in a cancer operation. This unique, one of a kind...
Springer, 2014. — 387 p. This book will be focused on mitochondria as very promising targets for anti-cancer drugs, yet to be fully exploited. It will contain chapters focused on aspects of basic research as well as on clinical relevance, which will be written by specialists in the field. That the role of mitochondria in human pathologies goes beyond the neoplastic diseases...
6th Edition. — Elsevier, 2019. — 2648 p. — ISBN: 978-0323476744. Easily accessible and clinically focused, Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Edition, covers recent advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of cancer, cellular and molecular causes of cancer initiation and progression, new and emerging therapies, current trials, and much more. Masterfully authored by an...
5th edition - Saunders, 2014. — 2698 p. — ISBN 978-1-4557-2865-7. Abellof’s Clinical Oncology. Part I. Science of Clinical Oncology. A. Biology and Cancer . Molecular Tools in Cancer Research. Intercellular Signaling. The Cellular Microenvironment and Metastases. Control of the Cell Cycle. Pathophysiology of Cancer Cell Death. Cancer Immunology. Stem Cells, Cell...
5th edition — Saunders, 2014. — 2698 p. — ISBN 978-1-4557-2865-7. Abellof’s Clinical Oncology. Part I. Science of Clinical Oncology. A. Biology and Cancer . Molecular Tools in Cancer Research. Intercellular Signaling. The Cellular Microenvironment and Metastases. Control of the Cell Cycle. Pathophysiology of Cancer Cell Death. Cancer Immunology. Stem Cells, Cell...
Marcel Dekker AG, Basel, 2000. — 399 p. The sentinel node is identified through elegant applications of techniques that visualize a physiological process. Chapter 1 describes the relevant microanatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system, and Chapter 2 presents the history of lymphatic mapping. Lymphatic mapping is the work of a multidisciplinary team. It cannot be overstated...
Springer, 2017. — 341 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-56631-3. This book is the definitive guide for oncologists, general medical practitioners and other healthcare professionals with an interest in integrative oncology. Guiding you on how to conduct the “ultimate consultation” from an integrative medicine perspective, this text is a valuable educational tool, presenting the latest...
Springer, 2004. — 350 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-62298-4. Physical Principles, Dedicated/Coincidence PET. Dual-Modality PET/CT Acquisition Systems for Clinical Oncology. Transport and Metabolism of Glucose and FDG. Radiopharmaceutical Production and Safety of [18F]FDG. Image Fusion. PET Scanner Quality Control. Introduction to Experimental PET in Oncology. PET in Cell Cultures:...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. — 626 p. — (Mount Sinai Expert Guides) — ISBN: 978-1-119-18955-8. This outstanding book provides rapid-access clinical information on allmajor types of cancer. With strong focus on the very best in multidisciplinary care, it is the ideal point-of-care consultation tool for the busy clinician. Oncology. Breast Cancer. Prostate Cancer. Bladder Cancer. Renal...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2018. — 695 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-90989-9 This book is intended for medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, general practitioners, nurses and allied health workers. Complete with case vignettes, key points, and sidebar summaries to further assist readers using practical tips and tricks,...
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 2017. — 355 p. The WHO Classification of Tumours of Endocrine Organs is the tenth volume in the 4th Edition of the WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumours. This authoritative, concise reference book provides an international standard for oncologists and pathologists and will serve as an indispensable...
Ninth edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. — 856 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4443-3244-5. The Manual of Clinical Oncology, Ninth Edition, published with the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), provides a concise, accessible and feasible reference covering state of art multidisciplinary clinical oncology in order to meet the needs of clinicians caring for cancer patients throughout the...
Thieme, 2017. — 256 p. A rare form of cancer, chordomas are among the most difficult tumors to treat, requiring highly specialized training and surgical expertise. Although generally slow-growing, chordomas present resection challenges due to their proximity to critical structures including the spinal cord, brainstem, nerves, and arteries. Written by an impressive cadre of...
The National Academies Press, 2006. — 113 p. Research has long sought to identify biomarkers that could detect cancer at an early stage, or predict the optimal cancer therapy for specific patients. Fueling interest in this research are recent technological advances in genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics that can enable researchers to capture the molecular fingerprints of...
Oxford University Press, 2004. — 465 p. Most cancer patients fear unremitting pain more than the prospect of an untimely death, and are surprised to learn that most of the pain and related symptoms of cancer can be successfully addressed by an informed patient working with a determined health care team. Thoroughly updating their widely praised 1994 book, You Don't Have to...
Springer, 2014. — 224 p. This text provides a comprehensive overview of orthopaedic oncology – the field of orthopaedic surgery that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of bone and soft tissue tumors of the musculoskeletal system. The opening chapters cover musculoskeletal imaging interpretation and the principles of musculoskeletal biopsy. Assessment and treatment of...
Oxford University Press, 2019. — 484 p. — (Oxford Textbooks in Oncology). — ISBN: 978-0-19-877945-2. The study of the biology of tumors has grown to become markedly interdisciplinary, involving chemists, statisticians, epidemiologists, mathematicians, bioinformaticians, and computer scientists alongside biologists, geneticists, and clinicians. The Oxford Textbook of Cancer...
Springer, 2018. — 191 p. This invaluable resource discusses insights ranging from basic biological mechanisms of various types of stem cells through the potential applications in the treatment of human diseases, including cancer and genetic disorders. These discoveries are placed within the structural context of tissue and developmental biology in sections dealing with recent...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. — 238 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research 205). — ISBN: 978-3-319-29996-9, 978-3-319-29998-3. This book approaches the issue of the differential diagnosis and management of rare hereditary cancer syndromes from a practical angle, addressing the issues for each tumour type as seen by health professionals in their...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 256 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research 208). — ISBN: 978-3-319-42540-5, 978-3-319-42542-9. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive and up‐to‐date review on the relation between obesity and cancer. It includes an introductory overview, followed by in‐depth reviews on those cancers for which we have sufficient evidence of...
New York: Marcel Dekker. – 2002. – 1010 p. This text is not meant to be a popular account of the cancer problem. More than two decades ago, the Department of Oncology, which comprises the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, initiated a graduate course in oncology. This course consisted of a series of lectures covering a variety of...
CRC Press, 2013. — 421 p. Understanding the importance and application of biosensors is complicated by the diverse range of methods and applications. Furthermore, existing texts are somewhat technical in nature, making it difficult for the novice. This book disseminates information on biosensors in a readable way, suitable to a wide audience with varying levels of experience....
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2015. — 992 p. — (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications). — ISBN: 978-94-007-7680-7, 978-94-007-7681-4, 978-94-007-7682-1. Provides a synopsis of the scientific basis of biomarker discovery and application Presents expertise bridging intellectual divides amongst research into biomarkers Gives fast access to information...
7th edition. — CRC Press, 2021. — 639 p. — ISBN: 978-0-367-13465-5. Treatment of Cancer is a multi-author work and comprehensive guide on modern cancer treatment that aims to give clinicians and students alike the framework for an integrated approach to patient care, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. Much information is presented in tables and charts for easy...
5th Ed. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. — 1292 p. — ISBN10: 1119196205. — ISBN13: 978-1119196204. The fifth edition of the only comprehensive text dealing exclusively with rare or infrequently encountered malignancies in adults and children is an essential resource for any clinical oncologist. Encompasses all the information needed to diagnose and manage uncommon cancers, an area...
4th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. — 1017 p. — ISBN: 9781118083734 Now in its Fourth Edition, Textbook of Uncommon Cancer is designed to help clinicians manage the treatment of uncommon cancers, for which, in many instances, there are few established guidelines for care. No longer does each new presentation of an uncommon cancer require extended periods of research. This...
3rd ed. — Wiley, 2006. — 866 p. Described as ‘must-have for cancer research’ by the Hospital Doctor this highly acclaimed textbook has been extensively revised and updated to reflect recent progress and understanding in the field. It is the only comprehensive source of information available on uncommon cancers; presenting diagnosis, detailed clinical management and prognosis....
Academic Press, 2018. — 285 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-813679-9. This book brings the scientific advances in the translation and validation of cellular and molecular discoveries in medicine into the clinical diagnostic setting. It enumerates the description and application of technological advances in the field of cellular and molecular diagnostic medicine, providing an overview of...
Nova Biomedical Books, 2009. — 187 p. Being obese increases the risk of leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast, cervical, colorectal, oesophageal, gallbladder, kidney, liver, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, stomach, and uterine cancers. In addition, some studies show that obesity negatively affects a person's prognosis (chance of recovery). For example, obese...
Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, 2017. — 174 p. — ISBN: 978-981-10-2578-5. This book focuses on the most recent, relevant, comprehensive and significant advances in cancer and chemo prevention. It broadly discusses cancer, its hallmarks and classification, molecular mechanisms of outbreak, contributing factors, role of oxidative stress, inflammatory mediators and...
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. — 238 p. This atlas of early clinical experience from the first two sites to be equipped with a whole-body PET/MR scanner is intended as an introduction to this new hybrid modality and its potential applications in oncology. Written by early adopters of the technique, it highlights the strength of collaboration and combined efforts of...
Wiley, 2010. — 659 p. Targeted radiotherapy relies on and exploits characteristics of cancer cells to attack tumors. Monoclonal Antibody and Peptide-Targeted Radiotherapy of Cancer helps readers understand this hot pharmaceutical field with up-to-date developments. Expert discussion covers a range of diverse topics associated with this field, including the optimization of...
Springer, 2017. — 276 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-43191-8. This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the sexual consequences of cancer and its treatment with the aim of equipping physicians and other health care providers with the awareness and knowledge required in order to offer patients effective treatment. While sexuality may not be the primary focus for cancer patients, at...
Springer, 2009. — 300 p. — (Updates in Surgery). Two to three decades ago, multiple primary malignancies (MPM) were considered to be simply a clinical curiosity, with sporadic reports, mostly single case descriptions, found in the literature. While in the last few years, analyses of larger series have been published, the number of cases has still been relatively small and most...
Scientific American, 2008. — 94 p. Cancer’s origins are multifaceted, a combination of an individual’s genetic factors and influences from the surrounding environment and his or her personal history and lifestyle. Even stem cells — which, in other contexts, offer promise for the treatment of a variety of ailments — could be to blame. To learn more, turn to page 40 for “Stem...
Springer, 2017. — 252 p. 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. In particular, it points to the perioperative period when...
Palgrave, 1991. — 269 p. A study of the development and rejection of vitamin C as a treatment for cancer, this text also explores the evaluation process of such a contentious treatment. Based on social, economic and financial considerations, it sees these decisions as political rather than objective assessments.
Evidence-based Networks Ltd, 2016. — 272 p. This practical manual in the care of older cancer patients won best oncology book in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2016, and is an essential tool created as a joint project of the Association of Cancer Physicians (ACP) and the British Geriatric Society (BGS). Written by 134 contributors who are all experts in their fields, it offers an...
Humana Press, 2019. — 406 p. This book ventures into a new and exciting area of discovery that directly ties our current knowledge of cancer to the discovery of microorganisms associated with different types of cancers. Recent studies demonstrate that microorganisms are directly linked to the establishment of cancers and that they can also contribute to the initiation, as well...
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2013. — 448 p. Oncology in Primary Care is for primary care clinicians who need practical and concise information on caring for their patients with cancer. Written in an easy-to-browse format, chapters cover risk factors, prevention, screening, prognosis, and surveillance strategies — valuable information that helps primary care clinicians...
Springer, 2017. — 374 p. This book provides an up-to-date overview on the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and imaging characteristics of sacral tumors, discusses the available treatment options, and reports the published outcomes. The diagnostic roles of conventional radiology, CT, and MRI are thoroughly described and imaging appearances are compared with the histologic...
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999 - 203 p. ISBN: 978-3-642-64220-3. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60010-4. . Physical Principles. Radiopharmaceutical Technology, Toxicity and Radiation Dosages. Metabolism and Transport of Glucose and FDG. Patient Preparation. Clinical Indications. Cancer Screening with Whole-Body FDG PET. PET and Radiotherapy. Cost Effectiveness of PET in...
Springer, 2019. — 174 p. — (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1168). — ISBN: 978-3-030-24099-8. Being a complex disease that affects millions of people world over, cancer research has assumed great significance. Translational cancer research transforms scientific discoveries in the laboratory into clinical application to reduce incidence of cancer, morbidity and...
Humana Press, 2016. — 228 p. — (Current Clinical Urology). — ISBN: 978-3-319-27709-7, 978-3-319-27711-0. One of a kind text which reviews both female and male fertility options for cancer patients Designed in a clear, concise, readable format Written by experts in the field Special emphasis is placed on diagnostic and treatment algorithms This unique textbook is designed to...
Humana Press, 2011. — 596 p. Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases is a comprehensive and insightful work dedicated to elucidating the problem of infections in cancer patients. This essential volume reviews common and less often encountered infections, while establishing the difficulties behind preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious diseases in cancer...
Springer New York, 2011. — 165 p. This comprehensive monograph on the role of protein modulation in cancer therapeutics focuses on targeting molecules that regulate protein stability in a variety of tumors. Topics covered include ubiquitin ligases, deubiquitinating enzymes, and the proteasome.
Springer, 2018. — 195 p. This book presents the morphology, possible mechanisms of formation, and clinical relevance of tumor deposits (TDs) in different organs and parts of the body. It also describes the diagnostic features that are currently available for TDs and discusses the prognostic impact of TDs. The poor prognostic and predictive values of TDs were found to be as...
4th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2011. — 933 p. Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology was the first major textbook to focus on the field of genitourinary oncology from the combined perspectives of the molecular biologist, pathologist, oncologist and urologist. This volume will introduce and distill the combined knowledge and expertise of specialist from a multitude of...
Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015. — 372 p. — (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 867). — ISBN: 978-94-017-7214-3, 978-94-017-7215-0. Contributes to a careful knowledge of the biochemistry, pathophysiology and clinics of cancer biomarkers Promotes an optimal clinical use of cancer biomarkers Facilitates the understanding of the real diagnostic index of old and...
Springer, 2020. — 365 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research 215). — ISBN: 978-3-030-26438-3. This book is a comprehensive guide to the techniques, clinical applications, and benefits of the different forms of liquid biopsy employed in patients with a variety of tumor types, including lung, breast and colorectal cancer. Offering detailed explanations, it discusses the how...
3rd edition. — John Wiley & Sons, 2017. — 480 p. Important scientific discoveries and ever-changing guidelines for how to identify and manage patients with hereditary cancer syndromes are constantly evolving. This Third Edition of Counseling About Cancer is completely updated and expanded to feature five entirely new chapters on breast cancer, colon cancer, other solid tumors,...
3rd Edition. — Oxford University Press, Inc., NY, USA, 2006. — 1411 p. — ISBN: 0195149610. This much anticipated Third Edition provides a comprehensive presentation of the global burden and patterns of cancer occurrence, along with new developments in our understanding of cancer causation and prevention. Special attention is given to epidemiologic approaches that incorporate...
Springer, 2011. — 166 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research 188). — ISBN: 978-3-642-10856-3. This book is based on presentations by some of the world's leading experts at the Sixth International Conference on Clinical Cancer Prevention, held in St. Gallen, Switzerland, during March 2010. The main themes are the latest advances in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer...
29es Journées de la Société Française de Sénologie et Pathologie Mammaire (SFSPM). — Springer Science & Business Media, 2008. — 286 p. Ces journées sont l'occasion de rappeler et de persuader les moins convaincus que le traitement de cette phase si particulière de la maladie ne se résume pas à une partition jouée par quelques intervenants voire par les seuls oncologues...
Springer, 2019. — 1265 p. — ISBN: 978-981-13-5877-7 This book aims to bring together a broad variety of examples of the role of pharmacogenomics in current drug development, uncovering dynamic concentration-dependent drug responses on biological systems to understand pharmacodynamics responses in human cancer where genetic lesions serve as tumor markers and provide a basis for...
Springer, 2019. — 339 p. — ISBN: 978-981-13-5876-0 This book aims to bring together a broad variety of examples of the role of pharmacogenomics in current drug development, uncovering dynamic concentration-dependent drug responses on biological systems to understand pharmacodynamics responses in human cancer where genetic lesions serve as tumor markers and provide a basis for...
Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 408 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-20668-4, 978-3-319-20669-1. Summarizes current knowledge on co-development of infectious diseases and cancer Supports understanding of pathways involved in the progression of infection and cancer Presents both experimental animal results and human clinical data This unique book summarizes current...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010. — 1126 p. Surgical Oncology uniquely emphasizes a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to the treatment of solid tumors. It presents treatment strategies that combine surgery with preoperative or postoperative adjunctive chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or radiation therapy to achieve optimal outcome. The book features contributions...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 505 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-22911-9, 978-3-319-22912-6. This is a rare compilation of clinically focused chapters on the practice of oncology in more than 25 countries and areas around the world that experience ongoing or intensifying ethnic, religious, and nationalistic conflict. Each chapter is written by an internationally respected...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 215 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-28556-6, 978-3-319-28558-0. Introduces new terminology to the field of oncology, subdividing it into "oncokinetics" the mechanics of the tumor cells as they arise and spread throughout the body,and "oncodynamics",the impact of abnormal cues generated by tumors on the physiological functioning of the body This...
Springer, 2016. — 933 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-22279-0 In this book, the author Joseph G. Sinkovics liberally shares his views on the cancer cell which he has been observing in vivo and in vitro, over a life time. Readers will learn how, as an inherent faculty of the RNA/DNA complex, the primordial cell survival pathways are endogenously reactivated in an amplified or constitutive...
The National Academies Press, 2007. — 341 p. The National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society — two organizations that have recognized the need to raise awareness about and take action against cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMCs)—asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct this study and provided the funding for it. The report calls for governments,...
Springer, 2019. — 211 p. — (Cancer Treatment and Research) — ISBN: 978-3-030-20314-6 In this book, leaders in the field explore our current understanding of thrombosis and hemostasis in cancer and address key questions on the subject. Among the topics discussed are the mechanisms that cancers use to activate the coagulation system, and those by means of which an activated...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. — 332 p. — (Translational Oncology) — ISBN: 978-1-118-46880-7 Prepared by world leaders on this topic, Biomarkers in Cancer Screening and Early Detection offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art perspective on the various research and clinical aspects of cancer biomarkers, from their discovery and development to their validation, clinical utility, and use...
Demos Medical Publishing, 2013. — 191 p. Utilizing the teaching value of real-world case discussions, Cancer Biology Review presents the principles of cancer biology in a clear and memorable manner, allowing the clinician to relate the cases shown in the book to those seen in practice. Focusing on ten topics in cancer biology for which there have been major changes in...
Springer International Publishing, 2016. — 218 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-18442-5, 978-3-319-18443-2. Describes the principles around which cancer research and clinical trials can be developed Provides valuable practical information for researchers in resource-rich countries who contemplate cooperating with scientists from limited-resource countries in performing research Describes...
2nd Edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. — 652 p. The thoroughly updated second edition of The Biology and Treatment of Cancer, now titled Cancer: Prevention, Early Detection, Treatment and Recovery, goes beyond reviewing the fundamental properties of cancer biology and the relevant issues associated with treatment of the disease. The new edition contains coverage of additional...
2nd Edition. — Springer, 2016. — 397 p. — ISBN: 331923367X. This book provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific, and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments, and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed. This second edition includes a number of updates, especially...
2nd Edition. — Springer, 2016. — 314 p. — ISBN: 331923367X. This book provides an easily understood and general overview of the basic medical, scientific, and clinical aspects of cancer. Causes, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic investigations, treatments, and outcomes are all carefully explained and discussed. This second edition includes a number of updates, especially...
Demos Medical Publishing, 2009. — 1130 p. — ISBN: 978-1933864334 This new comprehensive reference provides a state-of-the-art overview of the principles of cancer care and best practices for restoring function and quality of life to cancer survivors. Authored by some of the world´ leading cancer rehabilitation experts and oncology specialists, the principles section provides...
Springer, 2010. — 347 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-0856-8. Thyroid The Biology of Thyroid Oncogenesis Evaluation of the Thyroid Nodule Differentiated Thyroid Cancers of Follicular Cell Origin Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Cancer Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Parathyroid Primary Hyperparathyroidism Parathyromatosis and Parathyroid Cancer Adrenal Incidentaloma Pheochromocytoma and...
Nova Science Publishers, 2014. — 194 p. This work presents some recent clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on the cancer preventive effect of healthy hormonal equilibrium. Insulin resistance-associated overproduction of peptide hormones, such as growth hormone, insulin and insulin-like growth factors, interacting simply with cell membrane receptors, have a proven...
John Wiley & Sons, 2015. — 208 p. Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction fills a gap - the lack of a single volume on medical error in the vast field of cancer care - that has existed since a 1999 Institute of Medicine’s report introduced the term ‘medical error’ as a topic for doctors and patients alike. The volume, edited by Antonella Surbone, M.D., a clinical oncologist and...
Demos Medical, 2014. — 260 p. The definitive guide to living a longer, fuller life with myeloma. The Myeloma Survival Guide makes sense of the difficult questions myeloma patients face, dealing with every aspect of life after diagnosis, from creating a wellness team to navigating treatment options to building a financial safety net. Jim Tamkin, MD, who lived with myeloma for 11...
Demos Medical, 2014. — 260 p. The definitive guide to living a longer, fuller life with myeloma. The Myeloma Survival Guide makes sense of the difficult questions myeloma patients face, dealing with every aspect of life after diagnosis, from creating a wellness team to navigating treatment options to building a financial safety net. Jim Tamkin, MD, who lived with myeloma for 11...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. — 992 p. The role of molecular genetics in the treatment of malignancy continues to grow at an astonishing rate. Today’s subspecialized multidisciplinary approach to oncology has incorporated advances in targeted molecular therapy, prognosis, risk assessment, and prevention — all based at least in part on molecular diagnostics and imaging....
Springer, 2020. — 267 p. — (Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology). — ISBN: 978-1-0716-0170-9. This book serves as a guide for identifying and applying commonly used cell-based translational assays as well as for assessing the therapeutic potential of new immuno-oncology therapeutics and advancing their mechanism of action. The detailed chapters within will provide readers...
Chelsea House Publishers, 2009. — 119 p. Myeloma is a form of cancer that rises from white blood cells called B lymphocytes. The disease usually causes malignant cells to grow within bone marrow. This book draws upon the medical research to explain the biology of this form of cancer, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated. An Introduction to Myeloma Incidence and Risk...
5th edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2013. — 588 p. Introduction to Cancer Biology. Methods of Molecular Analysis. Cancer Epidemiology. Chemical Carcinogenesis. Genomic Stability and DNA Repair. Oncogenic Viruses and Tumor Viruses. Oncogenes and Tumor-Suppressor Genes. Cellular Signaling Pathways. Cell Proliferation and Death. Tumor Progression and Metastasis. Angiogenesis....
Cambridge: Academic Press, 2016. — 312 p. — (Advances in Cancer Research, Volume 130). — ISBN: 0128047895, 978-0-12-804789-7. Danny R. Welch, Paul B. Fisher Detecting Tumor Metastases: The Road to Therapy Starts Here M.E. Menezes, S.K. Das, I. Minn, L. Emdad, X.-Y. Wang, D. Sarkar, M.G. Pomper, P.B. Fisher The Relationship Between Dormant Cancer Cells and Their Microenvironment...
Wiley, 2018. — 751 p. — ISBN: 9781118592076. Thoracic Cancers Digestive System Cancers Head and Neck Urinary System Female Reproductive Cancer Male Reproductive Cancers Breast Cancer Hematologic Cancers Skin Cancer Endocrine Cancers Cancer of the Nervous System and Eye Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Cancer of Unknown Primary, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis...
Institute of Medicine. — National Academies Press, 2011. — 60 p. Technological advances are altering the way cancer research is conducted and care is delivered to cancer patients. Many targeted therapies are being developed to match the unique molecular changes in patients’ tumors. In addition, cancer research increasingly is an international endeavor involving patients,...
4th edition. — Oxford University Press, 2018. — 1329 p. Now revised for the first time in more than a decade, this fourth edition provides a comprehensive summary of the global patterns of cancer incidence and mortality, current understanding of the major causal determinants, and a rationale for preventive interventions. Special attention is paid to molecular epidemiologic...
7th Edition. — Wiley, 2015. — 627 p. Now in its seventh edition, this highly-regarded book is designed as an introductory and reference text on the principles of diagnosis, staging, and treatment of tumors. As for the last 6 editions of the book, the aim and scope of the new edition are once again to provide a thorough yet reasonably brief account of the whole field of...
6th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. — 578 p. — ISBN: 978-1405170154 As with previous editions, the first part of the book is devoted to the mechanisms of tumour development and cancer treatment. This is followed by a systematic account of the current management of individual major cancers. For each tumour there are details of the pathology, mode of spread, clinical...
2nd edition. — Demos Medical Publishing, 2015. — 449 p. The book features case presentations and evidence-based management discussions that clearly demonstrate how to apply new information in daily practice. In a consistent format, each chapter addresses epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, and pathology of each major organ-specific tumor type an abbreviated display of...
Springer, 2016. — 530 p. This is the first comprehensive clinical reference on cancer emergencies. It is edited and written by world-renowned experts in emergency medicine and oncology and covers the diagnosis and management of the full range of emergencies caused directly by cancer or by its treatment. It shows how the entire spectrum of clinical medicine is brought to bear in...
Springer, 2016. — 2239 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-26387-8 This is the first comprehensive clinical reference on cancer emergencies. It is edited and written by world-renowned experts in emergency medicine and oncology and covers the diagnosis and management of the full range of emergencies caused directly by cancer or by its treatment. It shows how the entire spectrum of clinical...
CRC Press, 1999. — 680 p. This definitive, up-to-the-minute reference explores the range of metabolic, nutritional, immunologic, and psychological changes that can occur while treating local, regional, and distant cancer, and examines the influence of these factors on outcomes and recovery. Includes clearly written, concise summaries of oncological therapy emphasizing critical...
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2015. — 412 p. WHO Classification of Tumours of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart is the seventh volume in the 4th Edition of the WHO series on histological and genetic typing of human tumours. This authoritative, concise reference book provides an international standard for oncologists and pathologists and will serve as an...
Springer, 2016. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-21461-0, 3319214616, 978-3-319-21460-3. This book entitled “Critical dietary factors in cancer chemoprevention” is a comprehensive attempt to highlight novel opportunities for the prevention of neoplastic diseases by dietary means. Recently emerging evidence has revealed that long-term lifestyle factors including dietary habits...
Academic Press, 2008. — 460 p. The Advances in Cancer Research series provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents outstanding and original reviews on a variety of topics, including cancer cell migration and invasion, human tumor suppressors, FAK expression, adhesion proteins, homeobox genes in cancer...
Springer, 2019. — 187 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-21858-4 As bone marrow transplant treatments and chemotherapy develop, the population of neutropenic cancer patients is on the rise. These developments are allowing patients to live longer, but in recent years, they have also led to an increase in previously rare infections and syndromes, whose management is unfamiliar to the average...
Thieme, 2014. — 128 p. This first volume in the AOSpine Masters Series integrates the expertise of oncologists and radiology interventionalists with that of master spine surgeons, all of whom are actively involved in the care of patients with metastatic spine tumors. The book provides expert guidance to help clinicians make the right treatment decisions and provide the best...
Thieme, 2015. — 130 p. — ISBN: 978-1-62623-046-0. Evaluation and Decision Making for Metastatic Spinal Tumors Neoplastic Spinal Instability Major Com plications Associated w ith Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Spinal Metastasis EnBloc Resection in the Treatm ent of Spinal Metastases: Technique and Indications Region-Specic Approaches Spinal Reconstruction and...
Thieme, 2015. — 216 p. — ISBN: 978-1-62623-047-7. This second volume in the AOSpine Masters Series balances critical appraisal of current evidence in spine oncology with the opinions of experienced spine surgeons to create a unique clinical reference for spine oncology surgeons. The book provides expert guidance to help clinicians make the right treatment decisions and provide...
Thieme, 2015. — 149 p. — ISBN: 978-1-62623-050-7. Laminoplasty for Multilevel Myelopathy and Radiculomyelopathy Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Techniques: Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion, Corpectomy, and Foraminotomy Indications and Techniques of Cervical Pedicle Screws C3-7 for Degenerative Conditions Laminectomy and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic...
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004. — 378 p. This easy-to-use, authoritative reference is designed to provide general information and daily practice guidelines to oncology advanced practice specialists, including oncology nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, and physician assistants. The text presents a broad-based, general approach to managing the oncology, hospice, or...
Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. — 229 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-75692-9. The high rate of urbanization and a steady increase in per capita income has improved the socio-economic status of people all over the world. This has resulted in drastic changes in their lifestyle and food consumption patterns, where traditional foods are being replaced with more ready-made junk...
Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 212 p. — (Molecular and Translational Medicine) — ISBN: 3319558242. This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of PDX cancer models. In separately produced chapters, the history and evolution of PDX models is reviewed, methods of PDX model development are compared in detail, characteristics of available established...
Humana Press, Cham, Switzerland, 2016, 195 p., ISBN: 978-3-319-42947-2, 978-3-319-42949-6. Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Provides definitive, state-of-the-art information on STAT inhibitors in a biological and clinical context. Surveys the biology STAT family of transcription factors and their role in cancer etiology. Covers the full spectrum of therapeutic approaches...
Springer, 2018. — 482 p. — (Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 28). — ISBN: 978-3-319-75924-1. This book reviews recent breakthroughs in anti-cancer drug discovery. Building on the previous volume in the series, it outlines some of the most significant developments that have occurred in the field in the subsequent period that have led to new drug approvals or promising clinical...
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. — 612 p. There is a considerable historical record for the cancer preventative effects of consumption of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Indeed, the usage of foods and their extracts as therapeutic tools appears in ancient and modern cultures. Recently, however, there has been an increase in the amount of scientific research relating to...
Springer London, 2016. — 220 p. Having been a fairly dormant specialty for many decades, in recent years there has been a remarkable increase in activity in Neuro-oncology from basic science through to the clinics. Reflecting this there have been considerable advancements in the understanding of the biology of CNS malignancies which have infirmed the development of many novel...
Springer Healthcare, 2015. — 74 p. — ISBN: 978-1-907673-75-7, 978-1-907673-76-4. An ideal resource for general practitioners, oncologists, nursing specialists, and medical trainees interested in supportive care in oncology Includes specifically targeted, clinically-relevant information with aim to positively impact patient care An up-to-date, evidence-based discussion of recent...
5th edition. — Springer, 2005. — ISBN: 3-540-63799-0. The TNM Atlas reflects the changes in the TNM System introduced by the recently published 6th edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. The most important additions and modifications are: A revised classification of head and neck tumours reflecting the introduction of T4a/pT4a and T4b/pT4b categories, which...
6th Edition. — Wiley-Blackwell / Union for International Cancer Control, 2014. — 691 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4443-3242-1 This book presents the illustrated version of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, Seventh Edition, promoting the uniform application of the TNM classification in cancer practice. Now featuring beautiful, useful full-color medical artwork, this book is...
4th Edition. — John Wley and Sons, 2012. — 384 p. The TNM Supplement, 4th Edition, includes new, detailed definitions of anatomical sites, regional lymph nodes, and TNM categories. It answers questions that frequently arise during daily use of the TNM system. Importantly, the TNM Supplement expands on the minimum requirements for pathological classification of individal tumour...
New York: Demos Medical, 2017. — 496 p. Oncology Board Review: Blueprint Study Guide and Q&A is a concise, outline-based study guide covering the topics that appear on the Medical Oncology Certification Exam. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to include new treatment regimens, clinical guidelines, and other updates impacting the field and reflected on the test....
World Cancer Report 2003 (by World Health Organization) International Agency for Research on Cancer by Bernard W. Stewart and Paul Kleihues France, Lyon, 2003 342 p. The global burden of cancer continues to increase. In the year 2000, 5.3 million men and 4.7 million women developed a malignant tumour and 6.2 million died from the disease. Given the current trends in smoking...
World Cancer Report 2008 (by World Health Organization) International Agency for Research on Cancer by Peter Boyle and Bernard Levin France, Lyon, 2008 260 p. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was founded by Resolution of the World Health Assembly in September 1965. At this time, although data were sparse, cancer was widely considered to be a disease of...
International Agency for Research on Cancer by Bernard W. Stewart and Christopher P. Wild Lyon: 2014. — 953 p. The world has opened its eyes to the threat posed by cancer and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Realization is growing, in global political circles and in civil society, that these diseases constitute a major obstacle to human development and well-being. The...
Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 493 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-15810-5, 978-3-319-15811-2. Latest generation sequencing revolutionizes the fields of cancer research and oncology. This follow-up volume focuses more extensively on single cell sequencing of cancer and trials in drug resistance. Another exciting feature is the bioinformatics tools given,...
Springer New York, 2013. — 383 p. This volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective of applying Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology to cancer research. It aims to systematically introduce the concept of NGS, a variety of NGS platforms and their practical implications in cancer biology.This unique and comprehensive text will integrate the unprecedented NGS...
CRC Press, 2013. — 511 p. In this volume, a team of internationally recognized experts provide an in-depth description of therapeutic biomarkers across a broad area of cancer research and oncology. With a wealth of information to specific therapies, each chapter focuses on a class of targeted chemotherapy agents. The book describes established and evolving diagnostic tests for...
Springer, 2018. — 700 p. In this book, leading experts in cancer immunotherapy join forces to provide a comprehensive guide that sets out the main principles of oncoimmunology and examines the latest advances and their implications for clinical practice, focusing in particular on drugs with FDA/EMA approvals and breakthrough status. The aim is to deliver a landmark educational...
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