Oncology category: 2472 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
This handbook concisely summarizes state-of-the-art information about stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), including the history and development of these modalities, the biologic rationale for these technologies, typical practices, and reported results. Developed...
Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers
A Case-Based Review
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This evidence-based guide to the current management of cancer cases at all head and neck sites will assist in the appropriate selection and delineation of tumor volumes/fields for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), including volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Each tumor site-related...
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
This is a single, comprehensive handbook for clinical oncology trainees and consultants, covering the basic aspects of stereotactic radiotherapy systems and treatment.
Squamous cell Carcinoma
Molecular Therapeutic Targets
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This edited volume is about novel targeted therapies for the treatment of advanced neoplasms of the head and neck (HNSCC) with particular reference to oral squamous cell carcinomas and covers specific fields of cancer genetics and genomics for personalized medicine.
The landmark studies from...
by Can Baykal, K. Didem Yazganoğlu
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
This superb atlas presents an unrivalled wealth of original high-quality clinical photographs of almost all benign and malignant skin tumors. The diverse subtypes and clinical forms, including different localizations, are depicted and careful attention is paid to evolution and follow-up. While the...
by Jonas Francisco Y. Santiago
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Positron Emission Tomography with Computed Tomography (PET/CT) is a nuclear medicine imaging modality using positron-emitting radiotracers and a combined PET and CT scanner in order to detect and localize high radiotracer signal abnormalities. Although PET has evolved into a diagnostic modality of...
Modern Trends in Human Leukemia IX
New Results in Clinical and Biological Research Including Pediatric Oncology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the most recent trends in human leukemia, as presented at the Ninth Wilsede Meeting. The internationally renowned contributors deal with all different aspects of these diseases: As well as discussing important clinical aspects of leukemia, new information...
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting
Finding Meaning and Hope in the Face of Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Meaning-Centered-Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting provides a theoretical context for Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), a non-pharmalogic intervention which has been shown to enhance meaning and spiritual well-being, increase hope, improve quality of life, and significantly decrease depression,...
Molecular Pathology of Gastroenterological Cancer
Application to Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Twenty years have passed since I became a professor in the First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine. It is my great pleas ure that Molecular Pathology o[ Gastroenterological Cancer-Application to Clinical Practice has been published by Springer-Verlag Tokyo to commemo...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
This book describes the basics, the challenges and the limitations of state of the art brain tumor imaging and examines in detail its impact on diagnosis and treatment monitoring. It opens with an introduction to the clinically relevant physical principles of brain imaging. Since MR methodology plays...
Platinum and Other Heavy Metal Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy
Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2009
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 of many treatment regimens. Cisplatin is still...
by Candice Johnstone, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Handbook of Palliative Radiation Therapy is the first practical guide to palliative care in radiation oncology. The editors have assembled a team of leading radiation oncologists to write this how-to on planning and administering single-fractionated and hypofractionated radiotherapy for end-of-life cancer care.
Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients
The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
This text is designed to provide readers with a useful and comprehensive resource and state-of-the-art overview about the new, growing and fast-expanding field of “liquid biopsy” for the management of cancer patients. The liquid biopsy represents an important turning point in oncology since it...
The Thymus
Diagnostic Imaging, Functions, and Pathologic Anatomy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Until the middle of the present century, the morphology and function of the thymus were primarily of interest to those working in the fields of pathologic anatomy, endo crinology, and pediatrics. However, during recent decades careful and refined histo logic studies of the organ have expanded...