Oncology Books

Over the past decade, techniques have been developed and implemented to observe metabolism noninvasively in localized regions of intact, living experimental animals and humans through the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy...

Hemato-oncology, also known as hematologic oncology, is a medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic system. It is an interdisciplinary field that combines aspects...

The endocrine system consists of various glands in the body that produce hormones, including the thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas, and pituitary gland. The field of oncology that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cancers related to...

Cancer is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells in the body. Oncology is an area of medicine that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. The field of oncology encompasses several...

Hematology and oncology are closely related medical specialties that deal with the diagnosis, treatment, and management of blood disorders and cancer respectively. They are separate specialties, and they are combined for the treatment of hematologic...

Hematologic malignancies, also known as blood cancers, refer to a wide range of cancers that originate in the bone marrow or the lymphatic system. These cancers can affect the production and function of blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood...

Doktorarbeit / Dissertation aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Medizin - Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin, Note: Summa cum laude, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Ermittlung der patientenäquivalenten Aktivitätskonzentration und...

Doktorarbeit / Dissertation aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Medizin - Neoplasmen, Onkologie, Note: 2,0, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Therapieassoziierte myelodysplastische Syndrome treten bei ungefähr 10 Prozent der...

There are few enough studies of the needs of dying people in the Western world, but no accessible studies of the needs of dying people in Asian cultures. Now, in this pioneering work, Dr Mui Hing June Mak shows us how a Good Death expresses itself in...

This book takes a holistic view of the treatment of cardio-oncology patients, from evaluating those at high risk of developing cardio-toxicity, guidance for monitoring and managing patients during therapy to cardiac care of cancer survivors. Throughout,...

Norman C. Prince's pioneering work on the use of X-rays for diagnostic purposes is an invaluable resource for anyone working in the field of radiology. Published in 1917, it provides a fascinating insight into the early days of this revolutionary...

 Hearing the Stream: A Survivor’s Journey into the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer weaves together the author’s own story of her struggle with breast cancer  with those of five others also diagnosed. Through each of...

Andrew Arnold The past several years have been a time of intense excitement and have brought major advances in the understanding and treatment of endocrine neoplasms. This is therefore an excellent point at which to undertake a...

Blood Stem Cell Transplantation conveys the excitement that accompanies the newest developments in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Some of the applications that stand to impact this field most significantly are based...

The focus of this symposium was on the present and future capabilities of flow cytometry for both medical and biological applications in cancer. This technology began with quite modest instrumentation, with limited ...

Can drug development and evaluation be improved by the use of positron emission tomography (PET)? PET is now well established and many PET centres participate in networks that warrant the quality of their research. PET...

Technical and Biological Components of Marrow Transplantation presents up to date information on the scientific and technological advances that will extend and improve the clinical application of bone marrow transplantation...

With the publication of these proceedings from the Second Drug Discovery and Development Symposium, this forum has become the main mechanism for bringing together the principal groups involved in both discovering and...

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probes of Molecular Dynamics describes the theoretical basis and experimental techniques that make modern NMR spectroscopy a powerful and flexible tool for probing molecular dynamics in chemical,...

The current volume represents the fourth over a period of five years in our series on Advances in the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer. The first three volumes were entitled Breast Cancer: Cellular and Molecular...

When one deals with cancer, the hepatobiliary malignancies present a chal­ lenge to the oncologists that can be characterized as a series of unsolved clinical and biological dilemmas. Liver metastases from colorectal and other...

Quantitative coronary angiography has become an invaluable tool for the interventional cardiologist, providing objective and reproducible measurements of coronary artery dimensions, which can be used to study progression or...

Radiochemical methodology constitutes the most important base for the successful functioning of a PET group in the routine production and development of radiopharmaceuticals. Of the several hundred products which have been...

Preface. 1. Introduction; J. Wagstaff. 2. Interleukin-2 as a single Agent: Dose, Scheduling and Optimum Immunomodularity Dose; L.M. Jost, R.A. Stahel. 3. Interleukin-2 and Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) Cells; S. Negrier, T.P. Philip. 4...

In our environmentally conscious society, reports of an increase in the risk of developing several cancers - including melanoma, lymphoma and lung cancer - have excited great controversy. Of these tumors, melanoma has...

This volume is intended to present an eclectic selection of informative reviews on aspects of the malignant lymphomas, including Hodgkin's disease. The choice of suitable review topics in this field is made hazardous by several...

Osteosarcoma in Adolescents and Young Adults: New Developments and Controversies is the fifth volume in the series `Cancer Treatment, and Research' devoted to pediatric oncology. Like its immediate predecessor, Hodgkin's...

In recent decades eicosanoids have been attracting an increasing amount of attention as a result of their important physiological roles in many areas of biology and medicine. The eicosanoids comprise the prostaglandins,...

Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are...

Among the readily available -emitting radionuclides, the nuclides of iodine have the greatest versatility in labeling both the hydrophilic and the lipophilic compounds that are used in biology and medicine. Biologically...

1. Advances in cancer imaging and therapy with radiolabelled antibodies.- 2. Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of immunoscintigraphy in oncology.- 3. The quality control and clinical testing of radiolabelled antibodies.- 4. Clinical utility of...

Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diag­ nosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are...

The application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to the cardiovascular system is a relatively new phenomenon. Its ability to noninvasively examine myocardial metabolism has led to its use to answer basic questions in...

The decade of the 1990s will see an increasing emphasis on the modulation of chemotherapeutic drug selectivity and in the 'lock and key' approach to new targets to control malignant proliferation. The contents of this volume...

Gastric cancer has been one of the great malignant scourges affecting man­ kind for as long as medical records have been kept. Until operative resection pioneered by Bilroth and others became available, no effective treatment...

One.- 1 Characterization.- 2 Serum-Free Media.- 3 Differentiation Potential of Cancer Cells.- 4 Spheroids and Xenografts.- 5 Predictive Assays for Drug and Radiation Resistance.- Two.- 6 Colorectum.- 7 Testicular Germ Cell Tumours.- 8 Epidermis.- 9 Lung...

ONE: Liver and Bile.- 1 Liver scintigraphy.- 2 Differential diagnosis of jaundice with hepatobiliary scintigraphy.- 3 Kinetics of gallbladder emptying.- 4 Hepatobiliary imaging after gastrointestinal surgery.- 5 Measurements of liver haemodynamics.- 6...

One: Registration, Toxicity and Quality Control.- 1. Toxicity testing of rDNA products.- 2. Experiences with the EC "high tech" procedure.- 3. The regulation of pharmaceuticals: philosophy and principles.- 4. Quality control of vaccines.- 5. Regulatory...

Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology text­ books are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journal are...

Proceedings of a workshop held in Brussels, Belgium within the framework of the European Community Medical and Public Health Research

The work presented here is based upon contact with excellent scientists who did not measure their time sparingly to be of assistance. It has also benefited from the infrastructure some col­ leagues made available to me, and...

Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology text­ books are generally out of the date. Single papers in specialized journals...

The last volume dealing with lung cancer in this series in Cancer Treatment and Research was published in 1986 and entitled Lung Cancer: Basic and Clinical Aspects. The present book continues the outline of the previous volume...

Locked in a world of pain, medication and frustration, the only thing Lisa felt she had any control over now were her words. Over 65,000 people read her honest, funny and raw blog Terminally Fabulous. Her supporters shared regularly in the heartbreak...