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Cancer and its management / / Jeffrey Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser
| Cancer and its management / / Jeffrey Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser |
| Autore | Tobias Jeffrey |
| Edizione | [Seventh edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Treatment
Cancer - Diagnosis |
| ISBN |
1-118-46870-8
1-118-46875-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 The modern management of cancer: an introductory note""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 2 Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening""; ""Terminology and methods in epidemiology""
""Geographical distribution of cancer""""Temporal distribution of cancer""; ""Causes of cancer suggested by epidemiological studies""; ""Inhaled carcinogens""; ""Lifestyle and diet""; ""Ionizing irradiation""; ""Occupational factors""; ""Viral causes""; ""Cancer statistics""; ""Survival data and determination of cure in cancer""; ""Assessment of results: trials of treatment""; ""Randomized trials""; ""Informed consent""; ""Non-randomized studies of treatment""; ""Screening for cancer""; ""Secondary prevention of cancer""; ""References""; ""Further reading"" ""Chapter 3 Biology of cancer""""Carcinogenesis: persistent genetic damage""; ""Chemical carcinogens""; ""Ionizing and ultraviolet irradiation""; ""Initiators and promoters in carcinogenesis""; ""Repair of damage to DNA induced by carcinogens""; ""Inherited defects involving DNA damage or repair processes that predispose to cancer""; ""Viral causes of cancer""; ""RNA viruses""; ""DNA viruses""; ""Cellular oncogenes""; ""Tumour-suppressor genetic mechanisms in cancer development""; ""Cell division""; ""Inheritance of cancer"" ""Clonal origin, progression and growth of a cancer""""Monoclonality and heterogeneity in cancer""; ""The growth of cancer""; ""Differentiation in cancer""; ""Invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis""; ""Tumour immunology""; ""Immune responses to cancer""; ""Monoclonal antibodies""; ""Reference""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 4 Staging of tumours""; ""Staging notation""; ""The primary tumour (T)""; ""Lymph node involvement (N)""; ""Presence of metastases (M)""; ""Staging techniques""; ""Ultrasound""; ""Computed tomography""; ""Magnetic resonance imaging"" ""Isotope scanning""""Positron emission tomography""; ""Diagnosis of specific metastatic sites""; ""Pulmonary metastases""; ""Bone metastases""; ""Hepatic metastases""; ""Brain metastases""; ""The role of surgery in diagnosis and staging""; ""Tumour markers""; ""Human chorionic gonadotrophin""; ""Î Fetoprotein""; ""Placental alkaline phosphatase""; ""Carcinoembryonic antigen""; ""CA-125""; ""CA-19-9""; ""Molecular staging of cancer""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 5 Radiotherapy ""; ""Sources and production of ionizing radiation"" ""Radioactive isotopes"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132349203321 |
Tobias Jeffrey
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| Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cancer and its management / / Jeffrey Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser
| Cancer and its management / / Jeffrey Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser |
| Autore | Tobias Jeffrey |
| Edizione | [Seventh edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Treatment
Cancer - Diagnosis |
| ISBN |
1-118-46870-8
1-118-46875-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 The modern management of cancer: an introductory note""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 2 Epidemiology, cure, treatment trials and screening""; ""Terminology and methods in epidemiology""
""Geographical distribution of cancer""""Temporal distribution of cancer""; ""Causes of cancer suggested by epidemiological studies""; ""Inhaled carcinogens""; ""Lifestyle and diet""; ""Ionizing irradiation""; ""Occupational factors""; ""Viral causes""; ""Cancer statistics""; ""Survival data and determination of cure in cancer""; ""Assessment of results: trials of treatment""; ""Randomized trials""; ""Informed consent""; ""Non-randomized studies of treatment""; ""Screening for cancer""; ""Secondary prevention of cancer""; ""References""; ""Further reading"" ""Chapter 3 Biology of cancer""""Carcinogenesis: persistent genetic damage""; ""Chemical carcinogens""; ""Ionizing and ultraviolet irradiation""; ""Initiators and promoters in carcinogenesis""; ""Repair of damage to DNA induced by carcinogens""; ""Inherited defects involving DNA damage or repair processes that predispose to cancer""; ""Viral causes of cancer""; ""RNA viruses""; ""DNA viruses""; ""Cellular oncogenes""; ""Tumour-suppressor genetic mechanisms in cancer development""; ""Cell division""; ""Inheritance of cancer"" ""Clonal origin, progression and growth of a cancer""""Monoclonality and heterogeneity in cancer""; ""The growth of cancer""; ""Differentiation in cancer""; ""Invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis""; ""Tumour immunology""; ""Immune responses to cancer""; ""Monoclonal antibodies""; ""Reference""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 4 Staging of tumours""; ""Staging notation""; ""The primary tumour (T)""; ""Lymph node involvement (N)""; ""Presence of metastases (M)""; ""Staging techniques""; ""Ultrasound""; ""Computed tomography""; ""Magnetic resonance imaging"" ""Isotope scanning""""Positron emission tomography""; ""Diagnosis of specific metastatic sites""; ""Pulmonary metastases""; ""Bone metastases""; ""Hepatic metastases""; ""Brain metastases""; ""The role of surgery in diagnosis and staging""; ""Tumour markers""; ""Human chorionic gonadotrophin""; ""Î Fetoprotein""; ""Placental alkaline phosphatase""; ""Carcinoembryonic antigen""; ""CA-125""; ""CA-19-9""; ""Molecular staging of cancer""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Chapter 5 Radiotherapy ""; ""Sources and production of ionizing radiation"" ""Radioactive isotopes"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828088803321 |
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Tobias Jeffrey
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| Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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