Urological oncology constitutes 20% of all malignant disease, and includes renal, bladder, prostate and testicular cancer. This is an area of medical and scientific interest, where advances in clinical practice and translational research have led to significant changes in the way that patients are managed. The book summarizes developments in all areas of urological cancer [...]
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The Most Deadly Cancers
There are a huge number of potential cancers that a person can have. Skin, lung, pancreatic, brain, esophageal, and pretty much any other tissue can develop tumors that become cancerous. While the huge number of cancers all share the fact that they are all deadly if untreated, not all cancers, if treated, have the same [...]
Chemotherapy Of Gynecologic Cancers: Society Of Gynecologic Oncologists Handbook
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Pocket-sized handbook reviews the advances in chemotherapy for gynecologic cancers. Discusses the development of cytotoxic drugs, the refinement of new combination chemotherapy regimens, and the introduction of new methods to minimizing and treating drug toxicity. Includes new data on hematologic growth factors. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. Price: $49.95 Click here to [...]
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Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancers: Indications And Techniques
Long established as a staple reference for all radiation oncologists, Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Indications and Techniques is now in its Third Edition. This completely updated edition presents the state-of-the-art protocols currently used at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and thoroughly explains the principles, nomenclature, and clinical use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). New [...]
Early Diagnosis And Treatment Of Cancer Series: Head And Neck Cancers: Expert Consult – Online And Print (Early Diagnosis In Cancer)
Each volume in the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer Series is packed with practical, authoritative information designed to cover the full range of diagnostic procedures, including pathologic, radiologic, bronchoscopic, and surgical aspects. You’ll be able to determine the safest, shortest, least invasive way to reach an accurate diagnosis; stage the disease; and choose the [...]
Molecular Biology Of Human Cancers: An Advanced Student’s Textbook
Cancer research is now an interdisciplinary effort requiring a basic knowledge of commonly used terms, facts, issues, and concepts. This interdisciplinary book meets this need, providing an authoritative overview to the field. It presents many of the molecules and mechanisms generally important in human cancers and examines a broad, but exemplary, selection of cancers. In [...]
Why Are Different Chemo Drugs Used On Different Cancers?
Cancer comes in all shapes, sizes, and locations. It can affect the cells of a bone, of bone marrow, of the lungs or even the brain. There is no one type of cancer cell because they all start in different places. Cancer cells are caused by a mutation in the DNA of a healthy cell. [...]
Occupational And Environmental Cancers Of The Urinary System
Rather than an exhaustive review of all the pathologic conditions of the female breast, Breast Cancer and its Precursor Lesions focuses on the current knowledge, understanding and issues related to breast cancer and its benign lesions that are associated with an increased risk for the subsequent development of cancer. This book targets the language, diagnostic [...]
Contemporary Issues In Women’s Cancers
Contemporary Issues in Women’s Cancers addresses the incidence, prevalence, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of cancers specific to women in particular, gynecological cancers. This new resource provides nurses with a comprehensive, up to date, ready reference that will enhance their clinical practice, and help them treat their patients amidst not only the changing healthcare system in [...]
Origin Of Cancers: Clinical Perspectives And Implications Of A Stem-Cell Theory Of Cancer (Cancer Treatment And Research)
The theory of a stem-cell origin of cancer is neither ground breaking nor earth shattering. Many prominent investigators have established the foundation for this concept and performed the vital experiments to support its validity and merit. The purpose of this book is to illustrate how this theory may completely transform our current views and perspective [...]
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