Oncology category: 2472 books

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When Nothing Is Impossible

Spanish surgeon Diego González Rivas' global crusade against cancer and pain

by Elena Pita
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018

Impossible is nothing. With that as his motto, Spanish surgeon Diego González Rivas takes up his fight against cancer and pain. Using his revolutionary technique, Uniportal VATS, he can remove the most complicated tumors from the lungs through a single incision, sometimes with only local anesthetic,...
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Prostate Cancer

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013

Prostate Cancer provides an up-to-date review of the biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetic changes in prostate cells that are the driving forces in the initiation and progression of cancer. It includes an overview by experts in the field of cell-cell interactions, including stem cells, reactive...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

This richly illustrated volume describes the performance of total and subtotal gastrectomy with extended D2 lymphadenectomy by providing a detailed step-by-step guide to both manual and mechanical procedures. Gastric cancer is the fourth most commonly occurring cancer and the second most common cancer-related...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

This book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art understanding of the molecular and nano-scale processes that play significant roles in ion-beam cancer therapy. It covers experimental design and methodology, and reviews the theoretical understanding of the processes involved....
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Breast Cancer Survivorship

Consequences of early breast cancer and its treatment

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

This book discusses the impact on women of the diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer. Readers will learn about the risks of breast cancer recurrence and interventions to reduce these, such as endocrine therapy and bisphosphonate therapy, as well as the role of lifestyle factors such as diet...
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The Geology of the Modern Cancer Epidemic

Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine

by Tai Lahans
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013

Cancers are on the rise across the world. Except for viral-based cancers, overall cancers are diseases that may be preventable. This book looks at the many levels of determined, probable, and possible causation for several common cancers. These causes include realities found in culture, anthropology,...
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Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment

by M. D. Birger, Molly Maxfield, Ph. D Plopa
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012

In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription...
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Breast Cancer

How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life

by David Zava, John R. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2002

Each year, over 40,000 women in the U.S. die from breast cancer. With statistics rising, conventional methods of treatment are simply not working, and in some cases may even be harmful. Now, Drs. Lee and Zava explain the potentially life-saving facts, such as: likely sources for the increase in breast...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004

Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. There are also disagreements on the diagnostic criteria for brain death, whether clinical alone or clinical plus ancillary tests. Moreover, some scholars who were strong...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015

The authors aim to provide essential information on various clinical cases on urological cancers. The main messages are well referenced and the texts phrasing is written in a simple and user-friendly style. The book also contains summarizing tables and high quality original pictures. Several expert...
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Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 6

Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury

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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012

The difference among pluripotent stem cells, multipotent stem cells, and unipotent stem cells is pointed out. Vast therapeutic applications of the following specific stem cells in disease and tissue injury are discussed: human embryonic stem cells, human mesenchymal stem cells, germ cell-derived pluripotent...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016

This book provides a concise overview of the state of the art in the biology and treatment of plasma cell malignancies, a heterogeneous group of diseases primarily characterized by the presence of clonal plasma cells within the bone marrow or extramedullary sites. The plasma cell dyscrasias investigated...
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Mindfulness

A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer

by Trish Bartley
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016

Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer offers people with cancer a means to bring mindfulness and kindliness into their lives, to help them cope with the challenge of a life-threatening illness. Adapts Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an approach with a strong evidence...
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by Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009

This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author followed their lives as part of a 3-year research study, during which 10 people died. She spent extensive periods of time with them at their homes and day centres,...
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