1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456482903321

Autore

Teoh Gerrard

Titolo

Towards individualized therapy for multiple myeloma [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for choosing treatment that best fits patients / / Gerrard Teoh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Publishing Co., c2009

ISBN

1-282-44261-9

9786612442612

981-283-580-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

616.9941806

Soggetti

Multiple myeloma

B cells - Tumors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue; CONTENTS; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Diagnostic Dilemmas; Chapter 3. Shortcomings of Modern-Day Clinical Trials; Chapter 4. Individualizing Core Parameters; Chapter 5. Patient Compliance; Chapter 6. Multiple Myeloma; Chapter 7. Current Treatment; Chapter 8. Future Opportunities; Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks; Abbreviations; Glossary; List of Figures; List of Tables; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This very provocative book takes the reader on a "think-out-of-the-box" journey through the development of a treatment regimen for multiple myeloma called "dtZ". It is a firsthand account of how more than 50 patients with myeloma were given a non-toxic, precisely-targeted, anti-cancer treatment that was specifically adapted to their individual cancers. These Individualized Anti-Cancer Targeted Therapies (smart bombs) have produced amongst the best responses as well as survival rates for myeloma. Accordingly, the author argues that some patients might even have been "cured" of their cancers. Th



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454824903321

Autore

Diner Dan <1946->

Titolo

Beyond the conceivable [[electronic resource] ] : studies on Germany, Nazism, and the Holocaust / / Dan Diner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2000

ISBN

0-520-92084-8

1-59734-492-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2020]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Weimar and now ; ; 20

Disciplina

940.53/18/0072

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Historiography

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Causes

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Personal narratives - History and criticism

Memory - Social aspects - Germany

Nationalism - Germany

Electronic books.

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. On the Brink of Dictatorship; 2. Knowledge of Expansion: On the Geopolitics of Karl Haushofer; 3. Norms for Domination: Nazi Legal Concepts of World Order; 4. The Catastrophe before the Catastrophe:; 5. The Limits of Reason; 6. Beyond the Conceivable; 7. Historical Understanding and Counterrationality; 8. On Rationality and Rationalization; 9. Historical Experience and Cognition; 10. Varieties of Narration; 11. Nazism and Stalinism; 12. Cumulative Contingency; 13. On Guilt Discourse and Other Narrations; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The major essays of Dan Diner, who is widely read and quoted in Germany and Israel, have been collected in this English edition. They reflect the author's belief that the Holocaust transcends traditional patterns of historical understanding and requires and epistemologically distinct approach.