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Tumors often start out as a benign growth, but gradually progress toward the malignant stage over a relatively long period of time. Tumor progression results from accumulated genetic mutations and inheritable epigenetic modifications that enable clonal...

DNA microarray technology has become a useful technique in gene expression analysis for the development of new diagnostic tools and for the identification of disease genes and therapeutic targets for human cancers. Appropriate control for DNA microarray...

Authored by some of the world's leading Cancer experts from wide ranging disciplines including oncology, radiation oncology, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery and radiology this compact volume provides authoritative state-of-the-art primer level...

This book focuses on the functional significance of targeting apoptosis for the treatment of prostate cancer. New concepts on the challenges relating to the development of resistance by androgen-independent tumors are introduced, in terms of the...

Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon but not rare aggressive cutaneous malignancy. It has many similarities to melanoma, particularly in the need for aggressive multidisciplinary treatment, but far less is known about this disease by most practicing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620701041Author Beatriz Korc-GrodzickiFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Demos Medical PublishingPublisher Demos Medical PublishingWeight(grams)...

Principles of Clinical Cancer Research provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of clinical cancer research, including the full spectrum of methodologies used in the field. For those involved in research or considering research careers, this...

External-beam radiotherapy has long been challenged by the simple fact that patients can (and do) move during the delivery of radiation. Recent advances in imaging and beam delivery technologies have made the solution-adapting delivery to natural...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Cell signaling is a field that studies how cells communicate to control basic activities and respond to their environment. When looking specifically at cancer cells, researchers can gain a better...

This volume presents a snapshot of some of the most important ongoing research in cancer. With cancer as the second leading cause of death worldwide, extensive research is going on globally to decipher the molecular mechanism underlying cancer that will...

This volume, Bioresponsive Polymers: Design and Application in Drug Delivery, focuses on recent advancements in bioresponsive polymers and their design, characterization, and applications in varied fields, such as drug delivery and gene delivery. It...

This volume describes the elaborate surveillance systems and various DNA repair mechanisms that ensure accurate passage of genetic information onto daughter cells. In particular, it narrates how the cell cycle checkpoint and DNA repair machineries detect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788131900529Author Mahendra SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 204g

Now in its 3rd edition, Tumor Board Review: Evidence-Based Case Reviews and Questions is the most comprehensive clinical case review book in the field. With hands-on input from current fellows and oncologists, this new edition has been enhanced and...

First Published in 1988, this book offers a full, comprehensive guide into the relationship between macrophages and Cancer. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes and references this book serves as a useful reference for Students...

Modern medical imaging and radiation therapy technologies are so complex and computer driven that it is difficult for physicians and technologists to know exactly what is happening at the point-of-care. Medical physicists responsible for filling this gap...

This book is comprised of extensive reviews and instructional chapters that discuss the quality of life in several aspects of cancer. The first six chapters deal with conceptual issues relating to measuring quality of life in adult and pediatric...

Rapid advances in nanotechnology have enabled the fabrication of nanoparticles from various materials with different shapes, sizes, and properties, and efforts are ongoing to exploit these materials for practical clinical applications. Nanotechnology is...

This book explores environmental physical agents and their potential effect on public and occupational health. It considers the theory, current research, and applications of physical agents including noise, ionizing radiation protection and non ionizing...

Images from CT, MRI, PET, and other medical instrumentation have become central to the radiotherapy process in the past two decades, thus requiring medical physicists, clinicians, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and trainees to integrate and segment...

We are in the era of large-scale science. In oncology there is a huge number of data sets grouping information on cancer genomes, transcriptomes, clinical data, and more. The challenge of big data in cancer is to integrate all this diversity of data...

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy presents key image-guided radiation treatment (IGRT) technologies for external beam radiotherapy. The book explores the decades-long technological developments that have occurred in the realm of image-guided conformal,...

To improve efficiency and reduce administrative costs, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and governments are increasingly using integrated electronic health record (EHR) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to manage patients’...

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits—and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.   Starting in 2005, people in the US and Europe were inundated with media coverage announcing the link between cervical...

CANCER CONSULT New edition covering the specialties of hematology, oncology and cellular therapy, now in two volumes Cancer Consult: Expertise in Clinical Practice, Volume 1: Solid Tumors & Supportive Care, Second Edition includes hundreds of answers to...

This revised and updated new edition of a best-selling text remains a fast and convenient overview of the clinical trials in gynecologic cancer treatment, outlining the evidence base of treatment decisions in uterine, ovarian, cervical, and vulvar...

This book meets the information needs of the medical student or surgical resident rotating on a surgical service which emphasizes oncology. It is also useful for the practicing general surgeon in reviewing the most current information on organ specific...

The growing number of cancer survivors presents a new challenge to generalists and specialists involved in their care. Prior cancer treatments may compound known comorbidities or contribute to future health risks. The ultimate success of cancer...

Tumors/cancers are characterized by uncontrolled growths of abnormal cells that extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs and systems. While about 75%-80% of tumors/cancers arise sporadically without a...

CANCER CONSULT New edition covering the specialties of hematology, oncology and cellular therapy, now in two volumes Cancer Consult: Expertise in Clinical Practice, Volume 2: Neoplastic Hematology & Cellular Therapy, Second Edition includes hundreds of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632429216Author Olive FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Foster AcademicsPublisher Foster AcademicsWeight(grams) 767g

Designed for quick, everyday reference, Handbook of Targeted Cancer Therapy and Immunotherapy: Gastrointestinal Cancer provides a practical overview of this rapidly advancing field. Comprehensive yet concise, this easy-access resource by Dr. Milind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260473414Author Daniel E EpnerPage Count 240Imprint McGraw-Hill Education / MedicalPublisher McGraw-Hill Education / Medical

Breast Cancer is the most common tumor in women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Due to breakthroughs in gene profiling, the knowledge of the pathophysiology of the mammary gland had greatly increased over the last decade. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260474077Author Tony S QuangFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublisher McGraw-Hill Companies

This narrative of a cancer researcher spans a period in which biomedicine research has been so revolutionary. The educational background and socioeconomic circumstances of the author make the story unique, shedding light on many important intellectual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632428837Author Lydia DoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Foster AcademicsPublisher Foster AcademicsWeight(grams) 785g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632418944Author Dylan HillFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Hayle MedicalPublisher Hayle MedicalWeight(grams) 807g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632418760Author Destiny ArthurFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Hayle MedicalPublisher Hayle MedicalWeight(grams) 644g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632418340Author Derek RussoeFormat HardbackPage Count 245Imprint Hayle MedicalPublisher Hayle MedicalWeight(grams) 862g