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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789308403321

Titolo

Advances in bone metastasis management / / editors, Piero Picci, Pietro Ruggieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK : , : Future Medicine, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-78084-030-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Disciplina

616.99471

Soggetti

Bones - Cancer - Treatment

Metastasis - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword. Advances in bone metastasis management; 1. Pathways to metastases: how do metastases develop in bone; 2. Metastatic spread to bone: the role of chemotherapy; 3. Bone stroma inhibition in prostate cancer; 4. Management of bone metastases in breast cancer; 5. Radiotherapy for bone metastases; 6. Bisphosphonates for bone metastases; 7. Surgical treatment for spinal metastases; 8. Surgical treatment for pelvic bone metastases; 9. Surgical treatment for metastatic pathological fractures

10. Palliative treatments: selective arterial embolization for bone metastases11. Palliative treatments: electrochemotherapy and thermoablation; 12. Novel targeted therapies of bone tumors and future directions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book adopts a concise approach to the topic of bone metastasis management. It provides summarized information and updated references on the different aspects of metastasization, medical treatment, radiotherapy, surgical treatments and the newer palliative options. As such, the book does not presume to be comprehensive but instead offers an update on the newer concepts and treatments. The editors have gathered together a team of excellent authors to address the different aspects and concepts and to provide a unique multidisciplinary perspective on the key issues of metastatic disease and i