Humana Press: 634 books
Handbook of Drug Interactions
A Clinical and Forensic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
Adverse drug reactions and interactions are still a major headache for healthcare professionals around the world. The US Food and Drug Administration's database recorded almost 300,000 serious adverse events in 2009 alone, of which 45,000 instances proved fatal. This updated new edition of the indispensable...
Biological Treatment Processes
Volume 8
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Pollution and its effects on the environment have emerged as critical areas of research within the past 30 years. The Handbook of Environmental Engineering is a collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. In Volume 8,...
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research
Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence continues the important work of the first book published in 2009 by Humana Press (Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice). This landmark title...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse. Alarming statistics such as this, as well as an upsurge in the media attention paid to...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2004
A comprehensive review of the recent developments in DNA repair that have potential for translational and clinical applications. The authors explain in detail the various mechanisms by which cancer cells can circumvent anticancer therapy and limits its usefulness in patients. They also review the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2000
Cutting-edge investigators review the current status of the entire field, from the biology of MMPs through the current clinical studies. The authors include many leading scientists from pharmaceutical companies who present all the latest concepts and results on the preferred design strategies for...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2000
David Fisher, MD, PhD, and an authoritative panel of academic, cutting-edge researchers review and summarize the current state of the field. Describing the broad roles of tumor suppressors from a perspective based in molecular biology and genetics, the authors detail the major suppressors and the...
Cell Cycle Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy
Current Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2002
Leading clinicians and investigators review in a comprehensible and user-friendly style all the latest information about the molecular biology of cell cycle control and demonstrate its clinical relevance to understanding neoplastic diseases. Topics range from Cdk inhibitors and cell cycle regulators...
The Medical Almanac
A Calendar of Dates of Significance to the Profession of Medicine, Including Fascinating Illustrations, Medical Milestones, Dates of Birth and Death of Notable Physicians, Brief Biographical Sketches, Quotations, and Assorted Medical Curiosities and
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Now you Merely Acknowledge calendric resonances, the anniversary view of histmy, and catalogue them by Alphabetical Priority. -John Barth, Letters The history of medicine is a microcosm for the whole of human history. Its advances parallel progress in science and philosophy, civilization and ethics....
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Diagnosis and Therapeutics
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
As in the first edition of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases this new edition continues to provide readers with a concise, yet in-depth review of many of the important areas in the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of the inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2002
Internationally recognized experts in cancer biology and clinical research review the present status of the multimodality approach to the management of solid tumors and speculate on possible future strategies for chemoradiation therapy. The authors detail applications of combined modality therapy...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
In this volume, Supportive Care in Cancer Therapy, a part of the Cancer Drug Discovery and Development series, the contributors provide an up-to-date, concise review of specific consequences of cancer and its treatment. The book will assist those who care for the cancer patient to better understand...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
After many years of vigorous effort, the use of antibodies to target tumors has become highly successful both clinically and commercially. In Tumor Targeting in Cancer Therapy, Dr. Michel Pagé and a panel of authoritative experts from the drug industry, clinics, and academia introduce the principles...