Oncology category: 2472 books
by Barbara Bridgman Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
Appraising cancer as a major medical market in the 2010s, Wall Street investors placed their bets on single-technology treatment facilities costing $100-$300 million each. Critics inside medicine called the widely-publicized proton-center boom "crazy medicine and unsustainable public policy."...
by James O. Armitage, Peter M. Mauch, Nancy Lee Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas is the definitive textbook on the biology, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of all forms of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. With backgrounds in medical and radiation oncology, molecular biology, and pathology, the editors and contributors provide...
Cancer Therapy
Monoclonal Antibodies, Lymphokines New Developments in Surgical Oncology and Chemo- and Hormonal Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A variety of new cancer therapy modalities are discussed and evaluated in this book. It aims to demonstrate that the combination of classical chemo- and radiotherapy with new approaches in the field of immunotherapy can result in an improved treatment modality. Immunotherapy in this context consists...
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Clinical Evidence and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Successful clinical use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) represents a significant advance in radiation oncology. Because IMRT can deliver high-dose radiation to a target with a reduced dose to the surrounding organs, it can improve the local control rate and reduce toxicities associated...
by Timothy Gilligan, MD
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Dr. Gilligan has recruited global experts to contribute articles on the topic of testes cancer. The issue is organized to mimic the clinical process of detection, treatment, and management. Included in the issue are articles on the biology, interpretation, and imaging of germ cell tumors; early...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
This book discusses the molecular, biological, pathological, and clinical aspects of melanoma, with special emphasis in the new concepts of melanoma genetics. A multidisciplinary group of experts in Genetics, Dermatology, Pathology, and Melanoma Medical Oncology contribute state-of-the-art knowledge...
Pediatric Neoplasia
Advances in Molecular Pathology and Translational Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Pediatric Neoplasia: Advances in Molecular Pathology and Translational Medicine presents many of the major, relevant advances in molecular pathology that are occurring in the field of pediatric oncology and will serve as a useful overview for resident and attending physicians as well as scientists...
by J. Crocker, P. DalCin, R.A. Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
New techniques make it possible for investigators to examine and sometimes quantify various aspects of nuclear morphology and function; now they can derive clinically and biologically useful information about the nucleus. This book draws together a series of techniques which have been successfully...
CNS Cancer
Models, Markers, Prognostic Factors, Targets, and Therapeutic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Cancers of the central nervous system are among the most lethal of human neoplasms. They are recalcitrant to even intensive multimodality therapies that include surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Moreover, especially in children, the consequences of these therapies can itself be devastating...
by Domenico Ribatti
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2010
The study of medical history is interesting in itself and may help to modify the view sometimes expressed that medical students and doctors are lacking in culture of any sort. Moreover, some historical perspective is often advantageous when one is considering the multitude of advances that are now...
Next Generation Sequencing in Cancer Research, Volume 2
From Basepairs to Bedsides
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
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, that can be used on cancer...
Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care and Prevention
Foundations and Evidence-Based Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2006
Provide whole care to your cancer patients with:
Up-to-date information on the uses of diet, nutrition, and herbs
Elucidations of the use of mind-body therapies such as Guided Imagery, Expressive Therapies, and spirituality
Legal and medical guidance for incorporating Naturopathy, Acupuncture,...
Cancer Treatment and the Ovary
Clinical and Laboratory Analysis of Ovarian Toxicity
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Cancer Treatment and the Ovary: Clinical and Laboratory Analysis of Ovarian Toxicity provides the reader with a basic understanding on how the ovary is adversely impacted by cancer treatment, an essential foundational knowledge for this rapidly-developing field.
The book describes both the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The second international symposium on "Supportive Care in Cancer Patients" took place March 1-3, 1990-again in St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland. It was an honor once more to welcome dozens of internationally recognized experts in the field and more than 800 participants from over 30 countries...