In the age of the World Wide Web, informed patients continue to surprise oncologists with detailed questions about popular tumor therapies. Although minimally invasive tumor therapies (MITT) have become daily clinical practice for palliative treatment of liver tumors, the acceptance of these palliative modalities still varies enormously. In addition, promising results have been published for in situ ablation of lung metastases, bone tumors, and renal cell carcinoma. This book gives an up-to-date overview of the popular techniques and clinical results of MITT, with a clarification of the...
In the age of the World Wide Web, informed patients continue to surprise oncologists with detailed questions about popular tumor therapies. Althoug...
S. Gonzalez-Moreno (Ed. ) Advances in Peritoneal Surface Oncology With 45 Figures in 57 Separate Illustrations, 12 in Color and 19 Tables 123 IV Preface Santiago Gonzalez-Moreno, MD, PhD Department of Surgical Oncology Centro Oncologico MD Anderson International Espana Calle Gomez Hemans 2 28033 Madrid Spain sgonzalez@mdanderson. es Library of Congress Control Number: 2006937141 ISSN 0080-0015 ISBN 978-3-540-30759-4 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, speci? ?cally the rights of...
S. Gonzalez-Moreno (Ed. ) Advances in Peritoneal Surface Oncology With 45 Figures in 57 Separate Illustrations, 12 in Color and 19 Tables 123 IV Prefa...
Skin cancer is the most frequent malignancy in humans and its incidence is still increasing. This situation calls for major efforts to manage the disease. Preventive measures must include reduced UV exposure and an enhanced common awareness of skin lesions. Advanced surgical techniques allow safe removal with excellent cosmetic results. In many cases alternative treatment modalities such as radiotherapy, cryosurgery and photodynamic therapy are applicable. The development of optimal sun screens and UV-protective clothes, new tools for early diagnosis of malignant lesions including...
Skin cancer is the most frequent malignancy in humans and its incidence is still increasing. This situation calls for major efforts to manage the dise...
The 1990s saw a renaissance of the concept of individualized chemotherapy in oncology, markedly stimulated by the development of in vitro chemosensitivity assays. The clinical utility of drug response assays has been evaluated in clinical trials and the results suggest that assay-assisted therapy selection may improve survival as well as economic outcomes. This volume comprises the proceedings of the first Symposium of the International Society for Chemosensitivity Testing in Oncology, ISCO-1, held in Homburg/Saar, Germany, in September 2001. The topics include: in vitro drug-testing methods,...
The 1990s saw a renaissance of the concept of individualized chemotherapy in oncology, markedly stimulated by the development of in vitro chemosensiti...
Although pancreatic cancer is one of the most serious forms of cancers, the outlook for patients could be improved. The lack of clinical symptoms of early, surgically removable disease most often limits curative treatment options. The aggressive tumor cell biology, leading to a locally advanced nature of the disease and to early metastases, allows curative resection in only 20% of patients at the time of diagnosis. Patients are therefore often faced with a dreadful prognosis from a state of almost full physical health. Furthermore, because there is a high recurrence rate after curative...
Although pancreatic cancer is one of the most serious forms of cancers, the outlook for patients could be improved. The lack of clinical symptoms o...
This volume contains the papers presented at the 4th Fuji International S- posium on Functional and Logic Programming (FLOPS 99) held in Tsukuba, Japan, November 11 13, 1999, and hosted by the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL). FLOPS is a forum for presenting and discussing all issues concerning functional programming, logic programming, and their integration. The sym- sium takes place about every 1.5 years in Japan. Previous FLOPS meetings were held in Fuji Susuno (1995), Shonan Village (1996), and Kyoto (1998). 1 There were 51 submissions from Austria ( ), Belgium (2), Brazil(3), China 3 3...
This volume contains the papers presented at the 4th Fuji International S- posium on Functional and Logic Programming (FLOPS 99) held in Tsukuba, Japa...
Identification of cancer risk factors and potential prevention strategies have been some of the most important medical and research contributions to the improvement of public health in the past half-century (Steele 2003). Und- standing the role of lifestyle, exposure to endogenous factors and exogenous environmental factors, and individual genetic and epigenetic variability have contributed significantly to this effort. Cancer prevention strategies have been developed based on results of epidemiologic, preclinical, and clinical studies that have generated clues for identifying risk factors...
Identification of cancer risk factors and potential prevention strategies have been some of the most important medical and research contributions to t...
Prostate cancer treatment dates back almost treatment approaches is examined in the subse- 100years. However, in an era of rapid develop- quent chapters of this volume. ments and innovations in cancer research and Te text addresses the time-honoured h- uro-oncology, there is an increasing need to monal treatment, which has been the mainstay update our knowledge and especially to guide of prostate cancer management for some - our practice by innovations and evidence-based cades. Due to the increased diagnosis of prostate medicine. Prostate cancer is still evolving fol- cancer at earlier stages...
Prostate cancer treatment dates back almost treatment approaches is examined in the subse- 100years. However, in an era of rapid develop- quent chapte...
Two aspects of biological research are major contributors to the progress in the understanding of cancer etiology and the development of new and improved cancer drugs. The sequencing of the human genome provides us with a basic overview of all our genes and gene products, and the insights into signaling pathways allow us to align crucial components of cellular regulation into an ordered functional context. A comparison of the genes in normal and in tumor cells shows that mutations in the DNA of a limited set of genes are responsible for the multiple stages of tumorigenesis and metastasis....
Two aspects of biological research are major contributors to the progress in the understanding of cancer etiology and the development of new and im...
Te European School of Oncology is delighted to ber of female former cancer patients expected to see that the faculty of its course on cancer and have a successful pregnancy. pregnancy has succeeded--and in a remarkably Another group of individuals that deserves short time--in producing this greatly stimulat - our attention are women who have survived a ing book. childhood cancer and who should be managed Very few human and clinical situations en - by a multidisciplinary specialist team. Fort- compass such opposite extremes as pregnancy nately, many studies are underway and we hope and cancer,...
Te European School of Oncology is delighted to ber of female former cancer patients expected to see that the faculty of its course on cancer and have ...
