Oncology Books

Wann sollen welche supportiven Maßnahmen im Rahmen einer Chemo- oder Strahlentherapie eingesetzt werden? Das Buch gibt aktuelle Praxis-Antworten und bietet gleichzeitig Einblicke in experimentelle Vorgehensweisen, die sich noch...

"I'm sorry, it's cancer."Four words with the power to upend your entire existence and thrust you into an emotional whirlwind. As these words unravel, they unleash trauma, chaos, and threats to every facet of life-from health and body image to...

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Single best answer (SBA) questions have been introduced into the Final FRCR Part A examination of the Royal College of Radiologists in the UK for the first time. This book of 600 SBA questions and explanatory answers has been written to aid students...

The authors provide a review of cancer along with descriptions of its molecular level mechanisms and emphasize the role of promising new therapies, including herbal therapies that can be utilized for the treatment of metastatic diseases.

AHCC is used in over 700 clinics and hospitals in Japan, mainly in cancer treatment. AHCC is as well researched as any conventional prescription drug and now this previously unknown miracle cure is introduced in this book to readers all over the world...

Cancer is a leading cause of death that affects numerous people at every age and their relatives. In recent years, there has been a tremendous advancement in imaging and biotechnology technologies and techniques for aiding in the detection, diagnosis,...

Cisplatin, the first member of the family of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents, was discovered by Barnett Rosenberg in 1965 and approved by the FDA for marketing in 1978. After 30 years of use in the clinic, cisplatin remains a central element...

Over the past three decades, carotid artery stenting has evolved to become a promising and viable alternative to carotid endarterectomy, especially for patients deemed to have high surgical risks. In Carotid Artery Stenting: The Basics, Jacqueline Saw...

This volume represents a compendium of scientific findings and approaches to the study of angiogenesis in cancer. The second edition of Antiangiogenic Agents in Cancer Therapy is intended to give a current perspective on the state-of-the-art of...

Molecular Surgical Pathology provides a concise review of recent advancement of molecular pathology in each organ system. The text is intended as a "first knowledge base" in the rapidly evolving field of molecular pathology and is organized in a user...

Tumor-Induced Immune Suppression - Prospects and Progress in Mechanisms and Therapeutic Reversal presents a comprehensive overview of large number of different mechanisms of immune dysfunction in cancer and therapeutic approaches to their correction...

Section 1: The Degradome and its analysis Chapter 1: Protease Genomics and the Cancer Degradome Xose S. Puente, Gonzalo R Ordonez & Carlos López-Otín Chapter 2: The CLIP-CHIP: A focused oligonucleotide microarray platform for transcriptone analysis for...

The collection of chapters in this proceeding volume reflects the latest research presented at the Aegean meeting on Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress held in Crete in Fall of 2012. The book provides critical insight to how the tumor...

Organ transplantation has been the most important therapeutic advance in the last third of the 20th century. Its development has revolutionized medicine, as demonstrated by the fact that a large number of researchers in this field have been awarded Nobel...

Self-expandable stents were initially placed for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases but now play an integral role in the relief of benign and malignant obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract and biliary system. Self-Expandable Stents in the...

This timely book covers the need to know clinical practices for all those involved in molecular laboratory science. The field of molecular medicine is evolving at an astounding speed. Propelled by the new insights and technologies, advances are being...

Stimulation of the immune system's ability to control and destroy tumors cont- ues to be the goal of cancer immune therapy; but the scope has rapidly expanded; approaches are constantly updated; new molecules are continually introduced; and immune...

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics covers a wide variety of therapeutic approaches including gene therapy, immunological therapy; cancer vaccines; strategy for solid tumors as well as for hematological cancers; methods to suppress tumor...

""Radium Therapy In Cancer At The Memorial Hospital, New York: First Report, 1915-1916"" is a medical book written by Henry Harrington Janeway and published in 1917. The book provides a detailed account of the use of radium in the treatment of cancer at...

The History of the St. Louis Medical College is a book that was originally published in 1898 by the St. Louis Medical College. The book provides a comprehensive account of the establishment and development of the college, which was founded in 1842. It...

The History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals is a comprehensive book written by Charles Lawrence in 1905. The book documents the history of the almshouses and hospitals in Philadelphia from their inception to the time of publication. It...

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The intestines are undoubtedly the key to our health since they provide not only a laboratory system that digests, transforms, and absorbs food nutrients but it also contains microflora which plays a key role to protect us against disease. Furthermore...

This book covers almost all fields of cancer genetics and genomics for personalized medicine. Targeted therapy, or precision medicine, or personalized medicine is becoming a standard treatment for many diseases, including cancer. However, how much do we...

あなたまたはあなたの愛する人が膵臓がんと診断された場合、将来は恐ろしく不確実なものになります。どのような治療法がありますか?あなたの生活の質はどうなりますか?診断について家族にどのように話しますか?経済的な影響は何ですか?答えよりも疑問の方が多いと感じたら、膵臓がんとともに生きる必要があります。この本は、あなたが新しい現実をナビゲートする際に励まし、高揚させ、健康の旅の推進力となる力を与えるためにここにあります。『Living with Pancreatic...

Whether you are a patient newly diagnosed with cancer, a long-term survivor, or a family member or friend of someone with cancer, you will inevitably delve into the current state of cancer care. You may believe that you have chosen the best treatment...

In "Blood Cancer Demystified: Doctor's Secret Guide," Dr. [Your Name] provides a comprehensive and accessible resource for understanding and navigating the complexities of blood cancer. From the basics of what blood cancer is to an in-depth exploration...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Medicine - Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, grade: 4.7, University of Michigan, language: English, abstract: Radiation, the emission of rays of high frequency and wavelengths, has been in use...

The critical mistake that sabotages OCN exam scores (and how you can avoid it).Do you know the reason why roughly 1 in 4 oncology nurses fails the OCN exam? And why thousands more feel totally unprepared - even after months of prep?It's not the number of...

In the past few decades, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool in modern medicine, with MRI systems now available at every major hospital in the developed world. But for all its utility and prevalence, it is much less commonly...

'Light' from low level laser therapy, through a process called photobiomodulation (PBM), has been in existence in supportive care in cancer, in particular in the management of oral mucositis (OM) in patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation therapy and...

Yes! What you are holding in your hands is the right book. It is an easy to read, user-friendly book that helps the reader understand breast cancer risks and how to minimize the risks and possibly prevent breast cancer from occuring in an individual...

Have you or a loved one just been diagnosed with Cancer? What does it all mean? Are you asking...how to make decisions? How to regain control of your life and purpose? How to help the doctors help you? How to care for someone amid the battle? How to...

Radiofrequency Ablation of Cancer: Current Indications, Techniques and Outcomes discusses the principles and techniques of safe usage of radiofrequency current for the treatment of malignancies. Throughout the text, indications...

Cancer Precursors is a groundbreaking, multidisciplinary text containing a comprehensive overview of methodological issues associated with the study of pre-cancerous conditions, as well as reviews of the contributions of...

Chapter 1: Drug resistance in cancer cells: a historical perspective (Macus T. Kuo, Houston, TX) or Victor Ling (Toronto, Canada) Chapter 2: Metastasis and drug resistance (Kapil Mehta, Houston, TX) or (Isiah Fidler, Houston, TX) Chapter 3:...

PREFACE 1 Introduction: The Dendritic Cell System 2 Alterations of the Dendritic Cell System in Cancer 2.1 Introduction to the mechanisms of DC abnormalities in cancer 2.2 Elimination of functional DC in cancer by inhibiting dendropoiesis,...

Causality in Medicine.- The Evolution of the Biomedical Paradigm in Oncology: Implications for Cancer Therapy.- Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development.- Beyond VEGF: Targeting Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis via Alternative Mechanisms.- Aurora Kinases...

Given the revolutionary implications that the use of this technology might have in the clinical management of cancer patients, the principles of DNA array-based tumor gene profiling must be clearly understood for the data to be correctly interpreted and...

Cancer is fundamentally a disease of abnormal cell proliferation: Cancer cells multiply when and where they should not. This proliferation entails escape from normal bounds imposed by the tissue environment, the internal biology of the cell (DNA damage,...

Cancer incidences increase in people living with HIV/AIDS. Over 2 million people currently live with HIV/AIDS in the US. This number will increase as HAART prolongs the average lifespan and as (at least in some states) the...

As cells mature they naturally stop dividing and enter a period called senescence. But cellular senescence can also be induced prematurely by certain oncogenes involved in cancer development. Cellular senescence, a...