The Impact of Tumor Biology on Cancer Treatment and Multidisciplinary Strategies - new book

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783540743866
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3540743863
Publishing year: 2009
Publisher: Springer Berlin
370 Pages
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 3540743863

ISBN - alternate spelling:
3-540-74386-3, 978-3-540-74386-6
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Book author: peter nieder, vaupel, mitchell peter, peter nied, moll peter, michael moll, peter brady, hans luther, peter neumann, heilmann, steven mitchell, anscher, molls
Book title: the biology cancer, tumor, treatment cancer

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Author: Michael Molls; Peter Vaupel; Carsten Nieder; Mitchell Steven Anscher
Title: Radiation Oncology; Medical Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology; The Impact of Tumor Biology on Cancer Treatment and Multidisciplinary Strategies
Publisher: Springer; Springer Berlin
367 Pages
Publishing year: 2009-03-25
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Language: English
106,99 € (DE)
110,00 € (AT)
130,00 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Medizin/Klinische Fächer; Bildgebende Verfahren; Verstehen; Cancer; Cancer Biology; Cancer Treatment; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Tumor; angiogenesis; imaging; positron emission tomography; tumor growth; tumorigenesis; Radiaton Oncology; surgical oncology; B; Radiology; Oncology; Cancer Biology; Cancer Therapy; Pathology; Medicine; Onkologie; Pathologie; BC

Tumorigenesis.- Tumor Growth and Cell Proliferation.- Tumor Angiogenesis.- Pathophysiology of Solid Tumors.- Adhesion, Invasion, Integrins, and Beyond.- The Biology of Cancer Metastasis.- Role of the Immune System in Cancer Development and Therapeutic Implications.- Tumor Detection by Biological Markers.- Tumor Imaging with Special Emphasis on the Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Radiation Treatment Planning.- Quantitative Cell Kill of Radio- and Chemotherapy.- The Impact of Molecularly Targeted Therapy in Multi-Modality Therapy.- Target-Based Interventions to Treat Radiation-Induced Lung Injury.- Mechanisms of Treatment Resistance: Molecular and Clinical Examples for Radio- and Chemotherapy.- DNA Repair and Cell Cycle Regulation After Ionizing Irradiation.- Physiological Mechanisms of Treatment Resistance.- Influence of Time Factor and Repopulation on Treatment Resistance.- Molecular Tools, Expression Profiling.- Strategies of Gene Transfer and Silencing, and Technical Considerations.- Tumor Biology’s Impact on Clinical Cure Rates.- Dose-Escalated High-Precision Radiotherapy: a Method to Overcome Variations in Biology and Radiosensitivity Limiting the Success of Conventional Approaches?.- Treatment of the Primary Tumor in Metastatic Cancer: Influence on Outcome.
Provides a detailed overview of the fundamentals of tumor biology and the influence of various biologic factors on the design of therapeutic strategies and the outcome of established and emerging treatments Particular attention is devoted to multidisciplinary combined modality therapy All of the chapters have been written by experienced basic scientists, clinical researchers, and cancer professionals Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras