Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Oncology - General

This book reviews the structure-function relationship of nucleic acids, their role in the pathophysiology of the diseases, and as therapeutic targets for human diseases. The chapters discuss the role of nucleic acids in inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. The book also describes recent advancements in nucleic acid-based therapy, the application of nucleic acids in diagnostics, in the development of nano-carriers, logic gates, and sensors. It explores the use of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) as a unique and multifunctional platform for numerous applications,...

Over the past decade vertical scar mammaplasty has gained wide popularity amongst surgeons and patients because it stands for minimal scars and long-lasting aesthetic results. The refinements and modifications of the technique achieved during the past decade and now collected in this book will facilitate the use of the technique and give each plastic surgeon the opportunity to adopt his or her own technique to obtain an optimal outcome. The step-by-step instructions and their high-quality illustrations will help improve results, lessen the number of complications and successfully manage...

The first part of the book discusses the fundamentals of biomaterials for cancer therapeutics. Chapters in part two discuss synthetic vaccines, proteins...

The "cancer stem cell" hypothesis postulates that cancer arises from a subpopulation of tumor-initiating cells or cancer stem cells (CSCs). While the idea of cancer stem cells has been around for more than a hundred years, evidence from the fields of hematology and cancer biology has now demonstrated the critical role of stem cells in hematological malignancies and suggested that these same mechanisms are also central to the initiation, progression, and treatment of solid cancers. Clinical and experimental studies have shown that CSCs exhibit many classical properties of normal stem cells,...

Das Nachschlagewerk fur die Weiterbildung und die praktische Arbeit in der Klinik erscheint mit neuem Herausgeberteam komplett uberarbeitet und prasentiert kompakt zusammengefasst die Highlights der aktuellen padiatrischen Hamatologie und Onkologie. Verstandlich und ohne Ballast prasentiert, ist das Buch fur Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet ebensogut geeignet wie als anwendungsbezogener Einstieg in die Thematik.

Das Werk ist in drei ubersichtliche Abschnitte eingeteilt: die padiatrische Hamatologie und Hamostaseologie, die allgemeine padiatrische Onkologie und die spezielle...