Oncology

This book represents the most up-to-date, comprehensive textbook in urologic oncology to be published in recent years. Many of the world''s leading...

Bone tumours are very rare, accounting for less than 0.2% of all cancers. As our understanding of these tumours at the molecular level is improving...

Cervical cancer (CC) is a major global health problem. World-wide, an estimated 530,000 new cases of CC and 275,000 deaths from this disease are en...

Globally, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death for women with cancer. This is a tragedy in part because cervical cancer affects wom...

This book is a comprehensive display of the current multimodality management of oral cancer. It spans the entire discipline of oral oncology and pr...

This work presents some recent clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on the cancer preventive effect of healthy hormonal equilibrium. Ins...

Bladder cancer is the fifth most common form of cancer worldwide and is mainly prevalent in developed countries. It is thought to arise through two...

Since the year 2000, exciting developments in cancer therapy have occurred. For decades in the 20th century, the hallmark of medical treatment for ...

Paraneoplastic Syndromes (PNS) are a group of disorders that cause endocrinologic, hematologic, neurologic, and dermatologic manifestations of canc...

This book presents original results on the leading edge of cancer research. Topics discussed include curcumin; diagnosis of thyroid cancers in the ...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-established clinical modality for cancer, cardiovascular, ophthalmic, dermatological, and dental diseases. PDT...

Primary bile duct cancers are rare and generally aggressive entities. Historically, this disease was managed exclusively with surgical therapy with...

Streptozotocin (STZ), an antibiotic and anticancer agent, is the most prominent diabetogenic chemical agent in diabetes research due to its cytotox...

Acute myeloid leukaemia has emerged as a paradigm for the concept of the cancer stem cell. This hypothesis presumes that the disease is maintained ...

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a unique, highly aggressive neoplasm with characteristic topographic, histologic, immunohistochemica...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the world''s third most common cancer. The symptoms and syndromes most commonly observed in CRC patients are pain, nause...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the synthesis, optical properties and applications for cancer treatment of gold ...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the diagnosis, treatments options and prognosis of both Hodgkin''s and T-Cell ly...

Cervical cancer (CC) is a major global health problem. World-wide, an estimated 530,000 new cases of CC and 275,000 deaths from this disease are en...

Though more and more individuals diagnosed with cancer become survivors, there still remains hundreds of thousands forced to succumb to their disea...

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in women in developed countries. Most cases are generally diagnosed at an early-stag...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is currently clinically employed to treat several malignant and non-malignant diseases. With approvals for various appli...

Horizons in Cancer Research presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer. Topics discussed include gallbladder cancer pathogen...

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, and most cases are preventable. Despite efforts to address skin cancer risk...

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy after breast cancer in developed countries. Its incidence is steadily rising and, no...

In the past, cancer was considered a fatal disease due to the poor outcome of the patients and scarce possibilities of treatment. Decades later, a ...

Besides surgery, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy or chemotherapy, which were widely used in cancer patients for decades, the 21st century has ...

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation is a devastating syndrome characterised by the systemic activation of widespread activation of the coagulati...

Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system, with more than 49,500 United States women that are diagnosed with t...

This book presents original results on the leading edge of cancer research. Topics discussed include the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment opti...

What men with prostate cancer really want--the guarantee of a long, healthy life with their prostate cancer definitively behind them--is not availa...

In this book, the biology, current treatment modalities and new emerging therapeutic approaches and targets for glioma, a highly aggressive and inv...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of non-small cell lung cancer. Topics discussed include the preclinical and clinica...

Prolactinomas, tumors that produce prolactin (PRL), are one of the most frequent pituitary tumors and the main cause of pathological hyperprolactin...

Exploring prognostic and predictive response therapy factors in cancer disease is one of the most exciting issues of modern oncological science. Ta...

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. More than one half of a person''s lifetime UV exposure occurs during childhood ...