Practical medical oncology textbook
This textbook combines essential information on clinical cancer medicine with a guide to the latest advances in molecular oncology and tumor biology. Providing a systematic overview of all types of solid tumors, including epidemiology and cancer prevention, genetic aspects of hereditary cancers, dif...
| Other Authors: | Russo, Antonio, 1956-, Peeters, Marc,, Incorvaia, Lorena,, Rolfo, Christian,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Series: |
UNIPA Springer series.
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention
- Tumor biology and natural history
- Histopathology of the Tumors
- Biomarkers
- Liquid biopsy
- Diagnosis and staging
- Molecular Diagnostics: innovative technologies for clinical and translational research
- Hereditary cancers and genetics
- Principles of anti-cancer therapy: Chemotherapy
- Principles of anti-cancer therapy: Hormonal therapy
- Principles of anti-cancer therapy: Target Therapy
- Principles of anti-cancer therapy: Immunotherapy
- The role of Surgery
- Surgery in the Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
- Integrated Treatments: The role of radiotherapy
- Response assessment to cancer therapy
- Clinical trials and methodology in cancer research
- Basic principles of bioinformatics for next generation sequencing molecular testing in oncology
- New drugs development
- Treatment toxicity
- Cardioncology
- The cancer cachexia
- Support and palliative care
- Physician-Patient Communication
- Breast Cancer: Locoregional and locally advanced disease
- Metastatic breast cancer
- Chest Tumors: Lung Cancer
- Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
- Gastrointestinal Cancers: Oesophagus
- Gastric cancer
- Gastrointestinal Cancers: Stomach, advanced/metastatic disease
- Gastrointestinal Cancers: Colorectum, locoregional disease
- Metastatic colorectal cancer
- Anal Carcinoma
- Gastrointestinal Cancers: exocrine pancreas
- Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Biliary cancer
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Head and Neck Cancers (HNCs)
- Central Nervous System Malignancies
- Genitourinary cancers: Kidney
- Bladder Cancer
- Genitourinary cancers: Prostate, locoregional disease
- Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Genitourinary cancers: Testis
- Genitourinary cancers: Penis
- Gynaecological cancers: Ovaris, early primary disease
- Gynaecological cancers: Ovaris, primary advanced and recurrent disease
- Gynaecological cancers: Uterus, endometrial and cervical cancer
- Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer
- Endocrine cancers: Adrenal gland
- Endocrine cancers: Thyroid
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Cutaneous Melanoma and other skin cancers
- Soft Tissue Sarcomas (STS)
- The Role of Medical Treatment in the management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
- Bone health in cancer patients
- Nutrition and cancer
- Personalized medicine
- Categorization of Cancer Survivors
- Precision medicine in oncology: glossary of relevant scientific terms.