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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789543103321

Titolo

Renal cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Walter M. Stadler, guest editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Demos Medical Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-283-13243-5

9786613132437

1-61705-049-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Emerging cancer therapeutics, , 2151-4194 ; ; v. 2, issue 1

Altri autori (Persone)

StadlerWalter Michael

Disciplina

616.99/461

Soggetti

Kidneys - Cancer

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

The biology of renal cell cancer / Scott Haake and W. Kimryn Rathmell -- Renal cell carcinoma : current concepts of morphologic : subclassification and clinical relevance / Tatjana Antic and Jerome B. Taxy -- Imaging renal carcinoma / Michael W. Vannier -- Management of small renal masses : donating kidneys to your local pathologist is not advised / Steven C. Campbell and Byron Lee -- Surgical management of renal cancer / Gautam Jayram and Scott E. Eggener -- Non-systemic approaches to the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma / Brian I. Rini and Lilyana Angelov -- Il-2 and other immunotherapy in renal cancer / Jacalyn Rosenblatt and David F. McDermott -- VEGF pathway directed therapies in renal carcinoma / C. Lance Cowey and Thomas E. Hutson -- mTOR pathway directed agents in renal cell carcinoma / Janice P. Dutcher -- Emerging and novel therapeutic targets in renal cancer / Kevin D. Courtney, Daniel C. Cho, and Toni K. Choueiri -- Management of central nervous system metastases from renal cell cancer / Rimas V. Lukas, Steven Chmura, and Martin Kelly Nicholas -- Evaluation and management of skeletal metastasis in renal cell cancer / Tessa Balach and Terrance D. Peabody.

Sommario/riassunto

This issue of Emerging Cancer Therapeutics provides a comprehensive review for practitioners on the current status of renal cancer treatment. Renal cancer treatment has undergone major changes over the course of the past few years and Renal Cancer addresses current best practices



in the light of the most recent evidence. All of the chapters are written by international experts in the field, address the common clinical scenarios in renal cancer and are multidisciplinary in scope covering surgical, medical, and radiation therapy. Chapters examining emerging and novel therapeutic targets, the man