Diseases & Disorders

Due largely to the explosion of information related to molecular medicine, the introduction of new courses and concepts behind professional skill, ...

Brain metastases are frequently encountered in the neuro-oncological field. It has been estimated that 170,000 people a year in the USA experience ...

In Canada over the past fifteen years, there has been a 39% rise in new cancer patients, necessitating the expansion of current oncological facilit...

New bonus chapter - COVID-19: A Global Pandemic - will be added to the eBook for Fall 2020 classes. Designed to introduce senior undergraduates an...

This book focuses on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for various types of laryngeal diseases. Laryngopharyngeal reflux, for example, which co...

Various nasal and paranasal sinuses malignancies comprise approximately 15% of upper aerodigestive tract neoplasms. Chronic exposure to metals like...

Swine flu is a present emerging infectious disease. The purpose of this book is to summarise and present the topics specifically relating to a new ...

Septic shock is a common and lethal condition that remains one of the leading causes of death in the hospital. Greater awareness, understanding of ...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a disease with high incidence and prevalence. Early detection of PCa has been an area for research to decrease its morbidi...

Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without...

In spite of tremendous advances in the field, the current understanding of pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) remains limited. Further...

This book presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer. Topics discussed include coping mechanisms in patients with head and ne...

Auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjoegren''s syndrome, psoriasis, scleroderma (SSc) and myositis are heterogeneous ...

This personal scientific memoir describes how a chance observation concerning artery disease in children with rare inherited abnormalities of metab...

Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer ...